India: Enduring Discrimination A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission In February 2014, the Government of India decided to constitute a committee to study and frame remedial measures to address the concerns of citizens hailing from North East India residing in different parts of the county. This is an initiative to understand the layers of discrimination faced by persons from the North East. Notably, the committee’s focus is discrimination by private actors, i.e. social discrimination. Firstly, considering the Union governments claims of success in containing insurgency, today, six decades after independence, it is surprising that a majority of the North East remains tagged as a ‘disturbed area’ under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA). Secondly, while it may be trite to state that India’s acclaimed economic growth has not been uniform, it should be noted that the division is not simply along an urban-rural divide. Thirdly, consider another form of discrimination practiced – the disowning of people of the North East, if not overtly, then silently. The recent decision by the Union government to call off a youth exchange programme in China, after being advised by the Chinese government not to include participants from Arunachal Pradesh, deserves attention. Read full @ goo.gl/vLZvQI
Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2014 03:46:29 +0000
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