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| Subject: Indian human rights activist, the 'Iron Lady of Manipur', freed by statist beasts after 14-year hunger strike Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:21 am | |
| An Indian human rights activist who has been on hunger strike for the last 14 years in protest against alleged army atrocities walked free on Wednesday from a prison hospital where doctors had force-fed her to keep her alive.
Irom Sharmila's release comes after a trial judge found no evidence to support charges filed in 2000 by prosecutors in the northeastern state of Manipur that she was trying to commit suicide by refusing food.
"It is hard for me to believe that I am free now. My battle against injustice and crimes committed by the army in Manipur will continue," Sharmila told said by telephone as she waited to leave the hospital in state capital, Imphal.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/indian-human-rights-activist-the-iron-lady-of-manipur-freed-after-14year-hunger-strike-20140821-106ho9.html |
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