'Soldiers in Sarong' screened
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 29 2015:
North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) on Thursday organized the screening of the film "Soldiers in Sarong" in Ambedkar University, Delhi as part of the preparations for all India hunger strike on November 2 which will be held to commemorate 15 years of Irom Chanu Sharmila's epic fast against AFSPA.
Huge numbers of students and teachers from the Northeast participated in the film screening.
NEFIS has pledged to wage a nationwide struggle against this draconian and 'anti-people' law, AFSPA.
In Delhi the hunger strike on November 2 will start from 9 am at Jantar Mantar.
In order to highlight the ongoing struggle for democratic rights, NEFIS has called upon all the communities of the Northeast, as well as several democratic and civil liberty organizations and individual civil rights activists across the country to observe the hunger strike on November 2 .