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Human Rights
January 7, 2005

Law Be Not Proud: Right To Life Should Include Euthanasia, Suicide

To engage with life is to engage with death. Such philosophic musings have been brought into the arena of law, thanks to the petition filed by Venkatesh's mother K Sujatha…
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Human Rights
August 11, 2004

Licensed to Kill: Armed Forces Act is Mother of Black Laws

The brutal killing of Thangjam Manorama is illustrative of the brazen manner in which the army functions under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). The army reaction, that it…
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Human Rights
October 1, 2001

Why temperance will not work with the AFSPA

There are only two ways to proceed with the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, says Supreme Court lawyer Rakesh Shukla: retain it or scrap it. Tempering it with pleas…
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