Review report of Armed Forces Speical Powers Act

the Justice B P Jeevan Reddy Report reviewing the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (afspa), 1958, has recommended repealing the act. But, it has also said that parts of the act be included in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (ulp), 1967, which is applicable across the country. The five-member committee set up in November 2004 submitted its report in 2005 and recommended that the act be scrapped. The Union government refused to share its contents with the public, and since then has kept a decision pending. In October, this year the report was leaked out to the media.

The report claims that afspa is "too sketchy, too bald and quite inadequate in several particulars'. Yet, it reccommends that effective portions could find place in other legislation.This, the report claims would "erase the feeling of discrimination and alienation among the people of the north-eastern states that they have been subjected to, what they call,