{"id":55397,"date":"2025-09-27T20:39:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T15:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=55397"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:48:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:18:49","slug":"afspa-extended-manipur-nagaland-arunachal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/27-09-2025\/afspa-extended-manipur-nagaland-arunachal","title":{"rendered":"AFSPA extended in parts of Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Internal Security<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Ministry of Home Affairs extended the <strong>Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act <\/strong>in parts of Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland for another six months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is AFSPA?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>About:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/27-03-2023\/armed-forces-special-powers-act-afspa\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/27-03-2023\/armed-forces-special-powers-act-afspa\">Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA)<\/a> is a powerful law enacted to empower the armed forces in counter-insurgency operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Important Provisions<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Section 3:<\/strong> The Governor of a State or UT can declare the whole or part of the territory as a \u201cdisturbed area\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Section 4:<\/strong> Empowers armed forces to search premises, arrest individuals without warrants, and use force (even to the extent of causing death) against those violating prohibitions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Section 6: <\/strong>Arrested persons and seized property must be handed over to the local police promptly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Section 7: <\/strong>Provides immunity to armed forces\u2014prosecution or legal proceedings can begin only with prior sanction of the Central Government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f1f6f4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rationale-for-imposition-1024x753.webp\" alt=\"rationale for imposition\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-55447\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f1f6f4; width:402px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rationale-for-imposition-1024x753.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rationale-for-imposition-300x221.webp 300w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rationale-for-imposition-768x565.webp 768w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rationale-for-imposition-1536x1130.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rationale-for-imposition.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Criticisms<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alleged human rights violations including cases of extrajudicial killings, torture, and disappearances.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Considered against democratic ethos, limiting fundamental rights such as life and liberty <strong>(Article 21).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limited success in addressing insurgency, often seen as fuelling resentment among local populations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Committee Recommendations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Justice Jeevan Reddy Committee (2005):<\/strong> Recommended repeal of AFSPA, suggesting incorporation of essential provisions into the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Santosh Hegde Commission (2013): <\/strong>Reported misuse of AFSPA in Manipur, stating many \u201cencounters\u201d were fake.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Way Forward<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Enhance transparency and accountability <\/strong>by amending vague provisions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure checks on human rights violations through <strong>independent oversight.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focus on socio-economic development of Northeastern states to address root causes of insurgency.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish a balanced framework between security imperatives and protection of citizens\u2019 rights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/mha-extends-afspa-in-parts-of-manipur-arunachal-and-nagaland-for-another-six-months\/article70098633.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Ministry of Home Affairs extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in parts of Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland for another six months.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Criticisms<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Alleged human rights violations including cases of extrajudicial killings, torture, and disappearances.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Considered against democratic ethos, limiting fundamental rights such as life and liberty (Article 21).<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Limited success in addressing insurgency, often seen as fuelling resentment among local populations.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/27-09-2025\/afspa-extended-manipur-nagaland-arunachal\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55397"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55448,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55397\/revisions\/55448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}