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Statement from Gwangju Laureates against Militarization and Harsh Security Acts
in South Asia
22 November 2014
Kathmandu, Nepal
We, Gwangju Human Rights Laureates, desiring
that SAARC embody the expression of peoples, aver the need for greater efforts
for promoting the sovereignty of the people and violence-free South Asia
through democratic values and structures and would like to request the
governments of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to
recognize the non-violent movement of Irom Sharmila as a great tradition of the
Gandhian movement in the region.
We also urge the governments of SAARC to stop
militarization and to repeal security acts such as the Armed Forces Special
Powers Act (AFSPA), which have been a cause of egregious human rights
violations and vicious cycle of violence in the region. We appeal to promote
peace and understanding of disputes, and efforts for settling any dispute amicably
at the popular level.
Binayak
Sen, India
Sushil
Pyakurel, Nepal
Adilur
Rahaman Khan, Bangladesh
Lenin
Raghuvanshi, India
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