Fwd: [jagori_womenresourcentre] Irom Sharmila to end 16-year fast; to contest Manipur election
Abha Bhaiya
From: neetu routela <ne...@jagori.org>
Date: 26 July 2016 at 14:54
Subject: [jagori_womenresourcentre] Irom Sharmila to end 16-year fast; to contest Manipur election
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Irom Sharmila to end 16-year fast; to contest Manipur election
By Online Desk
Last Updated: 26th July 2016 02:27 PM
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Social activist Irom Sharmila. | File Photo from PTI.
Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike since 2000, has decided to end her fast on August 9. She also announced that she would contest state elections in Manipur.
Sharmila, 44, who is known as the Iron Lady, was on a fast for the past 16 years in Manipur demanding repeal of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). She was arrested multiple times and was force fed through a nasal tube.
Media reports suggest that Centre was having 'back channel' talks with Irom, trying to persuade her to end her fast. Manipur is scheduled to have Assembly elections in 2017.
She was put on trial on March 4, 2013, for allegedly trying to commit suicide while undertaking a fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar on October 4, 2006.
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