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They were protesting against the custodial-death of a villager who was arrested by the army. [[Kakopathar]] and many areas of rural [[Upper Assam]] is supposedly an [[ULFA]] stronghold and the common people have faced army atrocities during counter-insurgency operations since the [[Assamese Separatist Movement]] started in 1979. [[Arabinda Rajkhowa]], the chairman of [[United Liberation Front of Asom]] compared it with the [[Jallianwala Bagh massacre]].<ref name="telegraphindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060220/asp/opinion/story_5850159.asp |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion |publisher=Telegraphindia.com |date=2006-02-20 |accessdate=2013-02-12}}</ref> |
They were protesting against the custodial-death of a villager who was arrested by the army. [[Kakopathar]] and many areas of rural [[Upper Assam]] is supposedly an [[ULFA]] stronghold and the common people have faced army atrocities during counter-insurgency operations since the [[Assamese Separatist Movement]] started in 1979. [[Arabinda Rajkhowa]], the chairman of [[United Liberation Front of Asom]] compared it with the [[Jallianwala Bagh massacre]].<ref name="telegraphindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060220/asp/opinion/story_5850159.asp |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion |publisher=Telegraphindia.com |date=2006-02-20 |accessdate=2013-02-12}}</ref> |
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A strong wave or pro-ULFA sentiments spread across Assam after this incident and many parts of upper [[Assam]] saw spontaneous protests of people.<ref name="telegraphindia.com"/> The popular sentiments gave strength to a considerably weakened ULFA in Assam.<!--<ref> |
A strong wave or pro-ULFA sentiments spread across Assam after this incident and many parts of upper [[Assam]] saw spontaneous protests of people.<ref name="telegraphindia.com"/> The popular sentiments gave strength to a considerably weakened ULFA in Assam.<!--<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southasiaanalysis.org//papers18/paper1733.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=November 7, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20101217214503/http://southasiaanalysis.org/papers18/paper1733.html |archivedate=December 17, 2010 }}</ref>--> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 06:41, 31 March 2016
Kakopathar killings or the Kakopathar massacre[1][2] took place in Assam during 2006 when the Indian army opened fire at peaceful protesters at Kakopathar in Assam, killing at least 10 people.[3]
They were protesting against the custodial-death of a villager who was arrested by the army. Kakopathar and many areas of rural Upper Assam is supposedly an ULFA stronghold and the common people have faced army atrocities during counter-insurgency operations since the Assamese Separatist Movement started in 1979. Arabinda Rajkhowa, the chairman of United Liberation Front of Asom compared it with the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.[4]
A strong wave or pro-ULFA sentiments spread across Assam after this incident and many parts of upper Assam saw spontaneous protests of people.[4] The popular sentiments gave strength to a considerably weakened ULFA in Assam.
See also
References
- ^ "Assam: Police kill at least 10 during protest against Indian Army murder - World Socialist Web Site". Wsws.org. 2006-02-20. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
- ^ "Cpi(M)'S Massive Rally In Assam". Pd.cpim.org. 2006-02-26. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
- ^ "Atrocities by Indian soldiers in Kakapothaar, Tinsukia, Assam, India". Cs.uccs.edu. 1997-08-09. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
- ^ a b "The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion". Telegraphindia.com. 2006-02-20. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
External links
- Massacres in Assam by Joylaxmi Saikia Borah on Human Rights Violations in Assam
- Twenty Cases of Human Rights Violation in Assam in 1997
- An introduction to Where Peacekeepers Have Declared War, Human Rights Violations in Assam
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