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CAPTIVE COURAGE: Irom Sharmila has been held for eight years, force-fed yet refuses to relent.

CAPTIVE COURAGE: Irom Sharmila has been held for eight years, force-fed yet refuses to relent.

Force-fed Manipuri activist released, arrested again

Human rights activist Irom Sharmila was re-arrested today and produced before a chief judicial magistrate in Imphal. Manipur's 'Iron Lady' was released from yet another year of detention on Saturday. Irom Sharmila had begun her protest against the Malom massacre of 2000 in which 10 civilians were gunned down by security forces.

DRACONIAN ACT MUST GO: Irom Sharmila has been fasting for over 6-yrs, protesting the Armed Forces Special Powers Act.

Manipur's 'iron lady' faces arrest

Irom Sharmila who has been fasting for over six-yrs protesting the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act arrested again.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/manipurs-iron-lady-faces-arrest/35120-3.html

UNDAUNTED SPIRIT: Irom Sharmila hasn

Special: Iron Lady of a lost cause

Synonymous with the agitation against the AFSPA, Irom Sharmila demands that the draconian act 'must go' to restore peace in the state.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/special-iron-lady-of-a-lost-cause/32640-3.html

SILENT PROTEST: Irom Sharmila has been on hunger strike for the past six years.

30 Minutes: Unrest in Manipur

CNN-IBN travels to Manipur where Irom Sharmila has been on a fast for six years to protest army atrocities.

http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/32604/30-minutes-unrest-in-manipur.html

MAKING PLEA: Sharmila is on a hunger strike for last six years demanding that the Act be rescinded.

Lok Sabha asks Sharmila to end fast

P A Sangma and several others in the Lok Sabha have appealed Irom Chanu Sharmila to end her hunger strike.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/lok-sabha-asks-sharmila-to-end-fast/28308-3.html

IRON LADY: Better known as the Iron Lady, Sharmila completes six years of her protest against AFSPA.

Sharmila's AFSPA protest enters 7th yr

Manipuri activist Irom Sharmila Chanu completed six years of her protest against the Armed Forces Act on Thursday.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sharmilas-afspa-protest-enters-7th-yr/25376-3.html

SCRAP THE ACT: Manipuris actvists want the Armed Forces

Manipuris, panel say scrap security law

Manipuri activists caution that retaining the Armed Forces Special Powers Act may spark off fresh round of protests in the state.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/manipuris-panel-say-scrap-security-law/24695-3.html

GROWING RAGE: There is growing rage against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, which is seen as a draconian act.

Govt ignores draconian act review

Manipuri protestors as well as the Justice Jeevan Reddy Committee want the Armed Forces' (Special Powers) Act to go.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/govt-ignores-draconian-act-review/24455-3.html

SILENT WELCOME: Kalam arrived in Imphal to find the city deserted except for hundreds of soldiers.

Strike over Manipur abuses greets Kalam

A strike to protest human rights abuses by security forces greeted President Kalam when he visited Manipur.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/strike-over-manipur-abuses-greets-kalam/24114-3.html

JUSTICE AT LAST? The activists

Reddy Report on AFSPA 'released'

The report on the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 they claimed, had recommended the law should be repealed.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/reddy-report-on-afspa-released/23564-3.html

21st CENTURY SATYAGRAHA: Sharmila

Irom Sharmila, a one-woman army

Social activist Irom Sharmila resumed her agitation against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in the Capital.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/irom-sharmila-a-onewoman-army/23303-3.html

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