News Source: Kangla Online
| about 1 month ago
Commemorating the completion of the 9th year Irom Chanu Sharmila`s epic fast unto death for the repeal the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958, the 6th Khunai Kanba Numit was held today at the Manipur Press Club, Majorkhul...Taruni,...
News Source: The Economic Times
| about 1 month ago
Human rights activist Irom Sharmila, jailed since 2000 for resorting to a hunger strike against alleged rights violations by security forces in Manipur, stepped into the 10th year of her judicial custody, still refusing to eat even a morsel of food.
News Source: The Economist
| about 1 month ago
She was in hospital, being force-fed lentil soup through a tube inserted into her nose. The festival and an attendant fast, joined by hundreds of Ms Sharmila’s sympathisers in recent months, were to mark an anniversary. On November 2nd 2000 the...