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Street play highlights 10-years Old Irom Sharmila Fast at Jaipur
Street play highlights rights abuses' by armed forces
- Times of India -
TNN | May 23, 2011, 01.16am IST
A group of students from premier institutes have staged a Nukkad Natak' to highlight alleged human rights violations under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)' to mark a decade-old Irom Sharmila's fasting at historic Albert Hall on Sunday. Sharmila is known as the Iron Lady of Manipur'. She has been on hunger-strike to demand the repeal of AFSPA, since November 2, 2000.
The play followed by a torch rally concluded at the ongoing dharna by women against the liquor shops near the Press Club. Most of the student participants are interns at People's Union of Civil Liberties and Parvah ---an NGO striving for female education.
They raised slogans against this act and drew attention of commuters. Many out of curiosity parked their vehicles to see the act. Students through this play highlighted the provisions of the act which allows them the Army to arrest civilians on mere suspicion. The group received wide applause from the audience.
Parents of Abir (participant) ---Shakeel and Yasmeen Ahmed ---- who came to see the play, said, "After watching this play, we realised that how people of Jammu and Kashmir and Manipur live in a constant atmosphere of terror. We hope this play would evoke a debate on the subject."
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