Some of those who voted YES had this to say:
• Yes, UN has asked Delhi to do away with the draconian act (afsp-1958),according to newspaper reports. With pressure or even without pressure be it from world body or any human rights group, India must realise that such a law does not suit with the world's largest democracy being herself. Though India's security measure is sine qua non, there are many options other than afsp to meet that end. People are not against security mechanism but the repressive and draconian act like afsp should be reamended.
• Yes, after all, many lives have been lost...
• It is a preposterous affront to democracy and freedom.
• Yes. Because in many cases especially in north east India, many a times armed forces misused their power. Innocent people suffer at their hand because of unnecessary or unlawful restraint or detention. In modern society this armed force special power act s not necessary and undemocratic
• Because it leads to losing the value of human towards its human which is the most frightful thing in our life.
• Yes, they decide the best. We have to cooperate.
• Yes, it's killing innocent people
• If the arm gur is used the UN have that kind ringt tre world will wholy burn like wild fire of the Naton like Nagalim because we have full of gun if not controle.
• India has been violating human rights with the use of the AFSPA. The North-east states should support the UN. Development can happen in the NE region if only APSPA is removed. Conflict cannot be resolve by gun but by peace talks. It is high time for the NE Militant leaders to change their views on political conflict and lay down their arms for progress in the region.
• AFSPA is a mockery to Human rights .
• yes... AFSPA is not for democratic nation, its draconian law..
• In a democratic country there is no need for draconic laws against its own people what ever the differences in opinion.
• Well seems like India is not going to move a bit from the voice or should i say cries at the local and national level. Since then 'international' is just right.
• Absolutely!! The AFSPA is an affront on the democratic credentials of India...a big royal excrement on the Fundamental Rights supposedly guaranteed by the constitution.
• The collective conscience of the world community should not be misconstrued as an imposition from any single country or group of countries and in no way violates the sovereignty of the country. India, with its high ambitions of gaining universal geo-political influence, cannot afford to ignore this call, much in the same way the military junta in Myanmar acquiesced to conduct of free polls under the collective persuasion of the UN.
• Hoi to! The UN shouldn't have to 'ask' India, it should tell the country to repeal the AFSPA. But it is a start at least because the international community owes this to people. It is a step towards taking a stance for people as opposed to bowing down to the fancy of states, with their maps and lines, armies and bulldozers. Can the UN pull it off? Can it get India to slay the dragon? Difficult to say in that India's army (backed by other solidly armed shameless nationstates) is definitely more powerful than the UN's, as is its identity as a full fledged sovereign nationstate. Besides what is the UN going to do if India refuses? It's not a crime to militarily subjugate people. It's called 'responsibility' these days.
• Yes. But the UN needs to do more if it wants this move to have a more persuasive force. More importantly, the clamour for its repeal should find wider resonance and ascendancy within the country itself. For, the draconian Act is unlikely to be repealed, at least in the near future, despite sections in the Union government favouring its repeal. At best, it may be tweaked to ostensibly give a humane face.
• Exactly. In the name of fighting against terrorism more innocent people are victimized, that’s why people hate AFSPA.
Some of those who voted NO had this to say:
• No. UN is not right in asking to repeal (AFSPA) because our country is still lacking in defense to keep our country safe and sound!
• Whats the point. The UN is as messed up as India. It is like the black kettle calling the other kettle black. What we need today is no just appeals, but action.
Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say:
• The bottom line is, the Naga people neither want to live with AFSPA nor want to live with fratricidal killings?! Are the powers that be out there at local, national and international levels reading this statement coming out right from the depth of truth? Kuknalim!
• The draconian AFSPA was to fight against the Naga people in 1958. During those days there was no such thing as terrorism. The Naga struggle is a legitimate right and India wanted to militarily crush it. Ultimately India also realized that only a political negotiation can settle it. So AFSPA did not succeed and there is no reason to believe it will succeed today. Sadly those who are leading the campaign against AFSPA have made it too Meithei centric and so the background of the AFSPA has been lost.
• The UN should to much more than just ask India to repeal the AFSPA. If the UN is really serious about this matter than all the violations committed by the Indian security forces under this draconian AFSPA should be investigated and tried in the court of law.
• i wonder how India will get its permanent membership in the UN, with this undemocratic law still in practice.
• Its just a request and India is not obligated to say amen to that so i think UN or any other orgs have every right to ask India to repeal AFSPA
• It may be somewhat naive to employ a simplistic viewpoint of the question at hand. However considering the pluses and minuses of the Act, the minuses far outweigh the pluses. Hence, the AFSPA should be lifted from Nagaland. Firstly, the Act is oppressive, discriminatory, prone to abuse/misuse, and against canons/rule of law and principles of natural justice. Secondly, it is a blot on Indian democracy, the land that gave Mahatma Gandhi and birthed exemplary non-violent struggle. It is a dated legacy of erstwhile colonizers, a symbol of tyranny. Thirdly, Justice Jeevan Reddy Commission, tasked with reviewing the Act, had expressly recommended its repeal. Not to mention the appeals by various organisations, including the UN. Fourthly, the Army is not supposed to be diverted from its primary role and engaged in a secondary role like internal security, fighting against its own people. Fourthly, ceasefire between the government and the Naga insurgent groups is already in force. Effectively it means the cessation of attacks on the Indian army and other interests of the government. Continuation of Disturbed Area Act and AFSPA therefore becomes tenuous. Sixthly, AFSPA has never been popular or sustainably effective. On the contrary, it has increased mistrust and misgivings and has led to further alienation of the affected people/region. Seventhly, it encroaches on the role and domain of local police and other law enforcing agencies. In sum, the AFSPA should be lifted not only from Nagaland but from all other regions where it is in force.
• The AFSPA has no role in any modern democratic society and if India is the world’s largest democracy than it should lead the way by repealing the AFSPA. Only then will it have the moral authority to claim itself as a democratic country.
