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All ears for Hazare, deaf to Irom Sharmila's crusade
The Telegraph | Imphal, August 18:
Manipur’s lone human rights crusader Irom Sharmila is being compared to Anna Hazare, champion of the anti-corruption movement, but rights activists in Manipur expressed “anguish” over the different responses given to the two iconic campaigners.
“When Anna Hazare went on hunger strike for a couple of days the whole country came out in support and even Parliament was rocked. Sharmila is fasting for more than 10 years seeking the right to life and still Parliament remains silent and the mainland keeps mum. This is because Sharmila belongs to the Northeast,” Babloo Loitongbam, director of Human Rights Alert, Manipur, said.
“Neither the Indian government nor any other citizen of the country consider people from the region as citizens of the country. So Sharmila’s struggle could not make an impact on them (mainland Indians),” Sinhajit said.
The 38-page report, jointly prepared by Human Rights Alert, Manipur, London-based rights group Redress and Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission, urged the Centre to repeal the act immediately and investigate and prosecute rights violators. The report also appealed to the UN Human Rights Commission to seek a report from the Union government on the human rights situation in the country.
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