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Northeast India has experienced various insurgent movements since India's independence, with groups demanding autonomy or independence based on ethnic and cultural identities. [3] To counter these movements, the Indian government deployed the army and enacted laws like the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in 1958, granting special ...
The Government of India banned the ULFA in 1990 and classifies it as a terrorist group, while the US State Department lists it under "other groups of concern". Founded at Rang Ghar , a historic structure dating to the Ahom kingdom on April 7, 1979, the ULFA has been the subject of military operations by the Indian Army since 1990, which have ...
Human rights issues in northeast India have been widely reported in the press and by human rights activists. [1] [2] Northeast India refers to the north-easternmost region of India consisting of the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura, as well as parts of northern West Bengal (districts of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, and Koch Bihar).
The Insurgency in Northeast India involves multiple separatist and jihadist militant groups operating in some of India's northeastern states, which are connected to the rest of India by the Siliguri Corridor, a strip of land as narrow as 14.29 miles (23.00 km) wide.
The Insurgency in Arunachal Pradesh is a part of the larger Northeast India insurgency involving multiple groups trying to separate from or destabilize the province. Because Arunachal Pradesh is a border state, militants sometimes conduct cross border operations to facilitate their activities.
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (June 2018) This is a timeline of the Insurgency in Northeast India, an ongoing armed conflict between the separatist rebels and the Indian government. Timeline of the conflict 2010s 2010 This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (June 2018) 2011 This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (June ...
The criminal group from the northeast of Mexico, an armed wing of the Gulf cartel, set the stage with a series of high-impact events and atrocities, reports show.
Police arrested him in the evening, using a lathicharge during which journalists were among those injured. [22] 13 October 2015 – Punjab police shot two protestors and injured 50 others at a protest in Kotkapura, Punjab, following the Guru Granth Sahib desecration in different parts of Punjab. Police claimed to be acting in self-defence.