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Nagaland firing: Protests call for justice for victims, AFSPA repeal

Participants of the rally walked for around 2.5 km, and submitted a memorandum on the demands to the governor's secretariat

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Locals stage a protest in Kohima, demanding repeal of AFSPA (Photo: PTI)

Press Trust of India Kohima
Thousands of people took part in the “Peoples' Rally” held here on Friday, demanding justice for the 14 civilians killed by security forces in Nagaland recently and scrapping of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from the Northeast.

Participants of the rally walked for around 2.5 km, and submitted a memorandum on the demands to the governor's secretariat.

In the memorandum, the participating groups demanded immediate justice for the slain youths of Oting and all Naga victims of alleged excesses by the Army, repeal of the AFSPA, and expediting a solution to the Naga political problem.

The protestors raised slogans denouncing the

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