UN expert: India should repeal law on army powers
NEW DELHI, MAR 30 (AP/UNB) - A United Nations expert has urged India to repeal a law that gives its military sweeping powers to act in troubled areas like the Himalayan Kashmir region and parts of the insurgency-wracked northeast.
Christof Heyns, the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions told reporters in New Delhi on Friday that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act allows the state to override rights and has no role in a democracy.
Under the law, troops have the right to shoot anyone suspected of being a rebel and to arrest suspected militants without a warrant.
Christof Heyns, the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions told reporters in New Delhi on Friday that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act allows the state to override rights and has no role in a democracy.
Under the law, troops have the right to shoot anyone suspected of being a rebel and to arrest suspected militants without a warrant.
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