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Manipur Election 2017: Irom Sharmila Says 'Will Try Again In 2019 If I Fail'
Irom Sharmila Chanu, the activist who ended an iconic 16-year fast to debut in politics and contest the Manipur election, said if defeated, she would try again -- in the 2019 national election. "I do not feel much affected by the result because people are yet to be given a chance... Everybody knows muscle and money power are openly used," Irom Shar...
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Fasting Didn't Help, I Have Only Changed Strategy: Irom Sharmila
Irom Sharmila said on Tuesday that she had only changed her strategy against a law which gives sweeping powers to security forces as years of fasting against it had not helped.
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Another Manipuri Woman To Sit On Irom Sharmila-Like Indefinite Fast
Days after iconic rights activist Irom Sharmila ended her 16-year-old hunger strike, a 32-year-old woman from Manipur today vowed to carry forward the protest against AFSPA with an indefinite fast.
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Irom Sharmila Back In Hospital After Breaking 16-Year Hunger Strike
Irom Sharmila, the iconic activist who didn't eat for 16 years in protest against alleged army atrocities in Manipur, burst into tears on Tuesday as she licked honey from her palm to end her fast.
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Irom Sharmila To End Her Fast After 16 Years Today
After being on fast for the last 16 years demanding repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, Manipur's 'Iron Lady' Irom Chanu Sharmila is all set to end her fast today.
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Family Rallies Around Irom Sharmila, Support Move To End Hunger Strike
For 16 years, the world has seen Irom Sharmila strapped to tubes. That is about to change. The 44-year-old iconic activist, who had carried on the world's longest hunger strike, will end it next month and contest elections as an Independent candidate.
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Drop Charges Against Irom Sharmila, Demands Amnesty International
International human rights organisation Amnesty International has appealed to the Manipur government to drop charges against activist Irom Chanu Sharmila before she ends her 16-year-old fast on August 9.
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World's Longest Hunger Strike To End Soon: Foreign Media On Irom Sharmila
Irom Sharmila, 43, has not eaten for years as a protest against the immunity enjoyed by the Indian military in cases of abuse in the country's conflict zones. The government has said her protest amounts to suicide and has force-fed her through a nasal tube.
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Irom Sharmila To End Fast After 16 Years, Wants To Marry, Fight Elections
Irom Sharmila, the iconic activist whose life was defined by a fast she began 16 years ago in protest against army atrocities, has decided to move on. She will call off her fast on August 9, say her aides, as she wants to marry and fight elections.
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Irom Sharmila Arrested Yet Again After Resuming Her Hunger Strike
Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on a hunger strike since November, 2000, demanding repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act was today arrested yet again after she had resumed her fast on February 29.
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Irom Sharmila Resumes Fast Demanding Repeal Of AFSPA
Manipuri rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who was acquitted by a court of the charge of attempt to suicide, resumed her 15-year-long indefinite fast at the historic Sahid Minar today demanding repeal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act in the state.
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Imphal Court Orders Release Of Irom Sharmila From Judicial Custody
A court in Imphal today ordered the release of Manipuri rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, who is on a fast for 15 years demanding repealing of Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA), from judicial custody.
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Human Rights Activist Irom Sharmila Arrested Again on Attempt to Suicide Charge
A day after being released from jail, rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila was today arrested once again by the police under the same charge of attempt to commit suicide by means of indefinite fast.
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Irom Sharmila Says Happy to be Released, But Will Continue Fast
Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike in Manipur for 14 years, will be released shortly from a hospital room where she has been kept for years.
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Irom Sharmila not allowed to vote in Manipur
Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on a fast for 13 years against a special, stringent anti-terror act in Manipur, was on Thursday not allowed to vote in the Lok Sabha polls as per law.
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Manipur Election 2017: Irom Sharmila Says 'Will Try Again In 2019 If I Fail'
Irom Sharmila Chanu, the activist who ended an iconic 16-year fast to debut in politics and contest the Manipur election, said if defeated, she would try again -- in the 2019 national election. "I do not feel much affected by the result because people are yet to be given a chance... Everybody knows muscle and money power are openly used," Irom Shar...
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Fasting Didn't Help, I Have Only Changed Strategy: Irom Sharmila
Irom Sharmila said on Tuesday that she had only changed her strategy against a law which gives sweeping powers to security forces as years of fasting against it had not helped.
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Another Manipuri Woman To Sit On Irom Sharmila-Like Indefinite Fast
Days after iconic rights activist Irom Sharmila ended her 16-year-old hunger strike, a 32-year-old woman from Manipur today vowed to carry forward the protest against AFSPA with an indefinite fast.
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Irom Sharmila Back In Hospital After Breaking 16-Year Hunger Strike
Irom Sharmila, the iconic activist who didn't eat for 16 years in protest against alleged army atrocities in Manipur, burst into tears on Tuesday as she licked honey from her palm to end her fast.
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Irom Sharmila To End Her Fast After 16 Years Today
After being on fast for the last 16 years demanding repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, Manipur's 'Iron Lady' Irom Chanu Sharmila is all set to end her fast today.
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Family Rallies Around Irom Sharmila, Support Move To End Hunger Strike
For 16 years, the world has seen Irom Sharmila strapped to tubes. That is about to change. The 44-year-old iconic activist, who had carried on the world's longest hunger strike, will end it next month and contest elections as an Independent candidate.
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Drop Charges Against Irom Sharmila, Demands Amnesty International
International human rights organisation Amnesty International has appealed to the Manipur government to drop charges against activist Irom Chanu Sharmila before she ends her 16-year-old fast on August 9.
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World's Longest Hunger Strike To End Soon: Foreign Media On Irom Sharmila
Irom Sharmila, 43, has not eaten for years as a protest against the immunity enjoyed by the Indian military in cases of abuse in the country's conflict zones. The government has said her protest amounts to suicide and has force-fed her through a nasal tube.
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Irom Sharmila To End Fast After 16 Years, Wants To Marry, Fight Elections
Irom Sharmila, the iconic activist whose life was defined by a fast she began 16 years ago in protest against army atrocities, has decided to move on. She will call off her fast on August 9, say her aides, as she wants to marry and fight elections.
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Irom Sharmila Arrested Yet Again After Resuming Her Hunger Strike
Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on a hunger strike since November, 2000, demanding repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act was today arrested yet again after she had resumed her fast on February 29.
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Irom Sharmila Resumes Fast Demanding Repeal Of AFSPA
Manipuri rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who was acquitted by a court of the charge of attempt to suicide, resumed her 15-year-long indefinite fast at the historic Sahid Minar today demanding repeal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act in the state.
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Imphal Court Orders Release Of Irom Sharmila From Judicial Custody
A court in Imphal today ordered the release of Manipuri rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, who is on a fast for 15 years demanding repealing of Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA), from judicial custody.
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Human Rights Activist Irom Sharmila Arrested Again on Attempt to Suicide Charge
A day after being released from jail, rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila was today arrested once again by the police under the same charge of attempt to commit suicide by means of indefinite fast.
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Irom Sharmila Says Happy to be Released, But Will Continue Fast
Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike in Manipur for 14 years, will be released shortly from a hospital room where she has been kept for years.
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Irom Sharmila not allowed to vote in Manipur
Human rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on a fast for 13 years against a special, stringent anti-terror act in Manipur, was on Thursday not allowed to vote in the Lok Sabha polls as per law.
