SPIRITED FIGHT: Manipuri activist Irom Sharmila is on a hunger strike against AFSPA.

Hated security law AFSPA stays, says Antony

Defence minister A K Antony on Friday stated categorically that the armed forces require special powers to counter terrorism and insurgency in Jammu and Kasmir and the northeast.

Manipuris caught between state and militants

Separatists hound people for money, security forces harass them for 'collusion'.

http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/100764/manipuris-caught-between-state-and-militants.html

Special: State gets licence to kill innocents in Manipur

Security forces kill people with impunity in fake encounters.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/special-state-gets-licence-to-kill-innocents-in-manipur/100763-3.html

Manipur security men allegedly detain 11-year-old girl

The Armed Forces Special Forces Act raises a storm again.

http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/99622/manipur-security-men-allegedly-detain-11yearold-girl.html

Force-fed Manipuri activist released, arrested again

Sharmila has been on a fast-unto-death for eight years.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/forcefed-manipuri-activist-released-arrested-again/87212-37.html

Drop law resented in NE states: panel

Administrative reforms commission says AFSPA must go, but armed forces must get another legislation.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/drop-law-resented-in-ne-states-panel/43739-3.html

Tough militancy law will stay: Antony

Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act to needed fight 'extraordinary situations', says Defence Minister.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/tough-militancy-law-will-stay-antony/43580-3.html

Manipur's 'iron lady' faces arrest

Irom Sharmila who has been fasting for over six-yrs protesting the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act arrested again.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/manipurs-iron-lady-faces-arrest/35120-3.html

Special: Iron Lady of a lost cause

Synonymous with the agitation against the AFSPA, Irom Sharmila demands that the draconian act 'must go' to restore peace in the state.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/special-iron-lady-of-a-lost-cause/32640-3.html

Lok Sabha asks Sharmila to end fast

P A Sangma and several others in the Lok Sabha have appealed Irom Chanu Sharmila to end her hunger strike.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/lok-sabha-asks-sharmila-to-end-fast/28308-3.html

Reddy Report on AFSPA 'released'

The report on the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 they claimed, had recommended the law should be repealed.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/reddy-report-on-afspa-released/23564-3.html

Irom Sharmila, a one-woman army

Social activist Irom Sharmila resumed her agitation against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in the Capital.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/irom-sharmila-a-onewoman-army/23303-3.html

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