No More Army Rule

24 Jul 2004

That 38 million people of our country residing in the North East are forced to live under a military rule and an undeclared Emergency.
That this military rule has been carried on without a break for 46 years.
That even a non commissioned army officer of the lowest rank has the power to shoot to kill anybody, to forcibly enter any house, to destroy any building and to arrest anyone without a warrant.
That to take such action the officer needs no permission from a superior and is not answerable to anyone.
That people have no right to approach the court and launch prosecution for atrocities
committed by any such officer.
That all this is sanctioned by a law called the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act which came into being in 1958.
That despite an eight year ceasefire and efforts towards a peace process between the Government of India and the NSCN, the army is still deployed in Naga areas.

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