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Irom Sharmila the Iron lady and AFSPA
indiastudychannel.com | Renin Rk | 19 Jul 2011
This is a lesser told story that needs to be known by every citizen of India about Irom Sharmila and her agitation against AFSPA and its misuse by the armed forces. Irom Sharmila has started an agitation agaist the act and has not had a morsel of food or a sip of water in ten years.
Irom Sharmila- India's own Iron lady
Irom Sharmila is a poet and a human rights activist from Manipur. She has been on an indefinite hunger strike since 2nd November 2000 to repeal the AFSPA. (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) and hasn't eaten a grain of food yet.
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