Protest to demand re-opening of Pathribal case, AFSPA IMPHAL, Jan 31: Joint protest to demand re-opening of Pathribal case and AFSPA will be jointly organised by Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign, All India Students’ Association, Jawaharlal Nehru Students’ Union, Jamia Students’ Solidarity Forum, New Socialist Initiative and People’s Campaign against Politics of Terror at Jantar Mantar on Feb 1. A statement said that as another shameful incident in the world’s largest democracy, the army has closed the court martial of its officers who were found guilty of fake encounter of Pathribal, J&K by CBI after which the Supreme Court of India had asked the Army to either provide sanction of prosecution against them or to do court martial for these officers. It was one of the few cases that had managed to go up till the Supreme Court and in which the Supreme Court accepting the CBI version had directed the army to take action in 2012. But dramatically, after two years, the army closed the court martial file on Jan 24 , 2014 and therefore to an extent has overruled the CBI and even Supreme Court. It is also to be noted that the army had also argued that no case can be registered against its officers under the veil of AFSPA as it provides impunity and that it requires prior sanction of central government to prosecute as per Section 7 of AFSPA. This action of the army is against the ideals of truth, equality, justice and democracy, the statement said. Many individuals and activists from various states supported the demand. Source: The Sangai Express. -------------------------------------- * This news is as published by respected news daily at Imphal, whose name is duly marked as Source. SANGAI E-PAO is not responsible for any sanctity & originality.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 06:39:33 +0000
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