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==== India ====
{{Main|Secret killings of Assam}}
The secret killings of Assam (1998–2001) was probably the darkest chapter in Assam's political history when relatives, friends, sympathisers of [[United Liberation Front of Asom]] insurgents were systematically killed by unknown assailants. These extrajudicial murders happened in Assam between 1998 and 2001. These extrajudicial killings were conducted by the [[Government of Assam]] using [[SULFA]] members and the security forces in the name of counter-insurgency operations. The victims of these killings were relatives, friends and colleagues of ULFA militants. The most apparent justification for the whole exercise was that it was a tit-for-tat response to the ULFA-sponsored terrorism, especially the killings of their old comrades—the SULFAs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/19991108-spate-of-clandestine-killings-in-assam-strengthens-public-fears-781612-1999-11-08|title=Spate of clandestine killings in Assam strengthens public fears that the state has adopted new strategy to terrorise suspected ULFA sympathisers|date=8 November 1999|work=India Today|access-date=31 August 2018|archive-date=31 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174945/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/19991108-spate-of-clandestine-killings-in-assam-strengthens-public-fears-781612-1999-11-08|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/secret-killings-in-assam-400-people-murdered-but-no-one-killed-them-1448896038.html|title=Secret killings in Assam: 400 people murdered. But no one killed them|website=catchnews|access-date=28 July 2018|archive-date=29 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729012929/http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/secret-killings-in-assam-400-people-murdered-but-no-one-killed-them-1448896038.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/publication/faultlines/volume9/article1.htm|title=SULFA - Terror By Another Name|website=South Asia Terrorism Portal|access-date=30 July 2018|archive-date=3 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103133215/https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/publication/faultlines/volume9/Article1.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://himalmag.com/secret-killings-of-assam-in-literature/|title=The 'secret killings' of Assam in literature|date=1 November 2013|work=Himal SouthAsian|access-date=31 August 2018|archive-date=31 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174834/http://himalmag.com/secret-killings-of-assam-in-literature/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Secret+Killings+Assam%22"|title=Justice K.N. Saikia Commission Report on Secret Killings of Assam|date=12 March 2016|website=Internet Archive}}</ref>