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What AFSPA means in Kashmir?

Oct 03, 202023 minSeason 1Ep. 5
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Episode description

In a statement after the killing of the three missing labourers from Rajouri in a staged gunfight, the Indian Army had admitted that its troops had exceeded the powers vested in it under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). The Act has been termed draconian by rights activists, pointing to its sweeping provisions. We speak to Parvaiz Imroze of the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society and Muzamil Jaleel, Deputy Editor of the Indian Express, to find out what does the AFSPA mean for the troops and how is it a tool to circumvent accountability.

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