The Hynñiewtrep Youth Council (HYC) today said that the government at the centre should now build a peaceful Northeast by repealing the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the region.
Condemning the killing of 13 civilians in an ambush by security forces in Nagaland, HYC general secretary Roy Kupar Synrem in statement today said the fact that the root cause for such a bold act of killing spree by armed forces in the States like Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh is because of the draconian AFSPA, which provides immunity to such acts without any repercussion in the so called “disturbed areas”.
“We call upon each and everyone of our brothers and sisters especially our elected representatives in the Northeast to stand together and impress upon the union government to repeal the operation of AFSPA in order to avoid any further loss of innocent civilians lives like the “Oting Massacre” or the “Malom Massacre” in the future,” he said.
