Social activist Irom Chanu Sharmila was on Friday forcibly taken away by the police from a small makeshift shelter outside the government-run hospital in Imphal where she was continuing her fast after being released from jail on Wednesday. Sources said… Continue Reading →
by Ajith Vijay Kumar Last Updated: Tuesday, August 19, 2014, 15:14 Zee Media Bureau/Ajith Vijay Kumar Imphal: A sessions court in Manipur, Tuesday, ordered the immediate release of civil rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike… Continue Reading →
Mon July 21, 2014 By YASHASWANI SEHRAWAT NEW DELHI: A decade has passed since the rape and murder of Thangjam Manorama, a victim of our great honored “Armed Forces” interminable barbarism through AFSPA. A decade has gone since girls from Manipur… Continue Reading →
Guest Post- Devika Mittal In 2004, Thangjam Manorama, was brutally raped and murdered by Assam Rifles. She was arrested from her house at around 3 am on the allegation of being a “militant”. Her body was found a day… Continue Reading →
One cannot forget the image of women protesting naked in front of the Assam Rifles headquarters in Imphal in Manipur holding banners titled: “Indian Army Rape us”. The protest was in response to an incident that took place on the… Continue Reading →
Sometimes photographs — even ones that go viral — aren’t worth a thousand words. Here’s what they won’t tell you. June 15, 2014 5:00AM ET by Neha Dixit, aljazeera In a village called Badaun in the northeastern state of Uttar Pradesh in… Continue Reading →
SUBIR BHAUMIK It is time India considers a repeal of AFSPA not merely out of a concern for human rights but also out of a desire to refocus its internal security regime. Such a law is inconsistent with the structure… Continue Reading →
AKANKSHA JAIN PTIIrom Sharmila arrives at Patiala court in New Delhi on Wednesday. ‘But will settle down in life only when AFSPA is scrapped’ “I love my life. I never intended to commit suicide…I want to sense all the enjoyments of… Continue Reading →
SSSC REPORT ON IROM SHARMILA’S PATIALA COURT HEARING New Delhi: Irom Sharmila, the Manipuri activist who has been on a hunger-strike for 14 years now with repeal AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act), appeared for the hearing at Patiala House… Continue Reading →
Written by The Peoples Chronicle “I could have died long ago if my agitation was an attempt to commit suicide”, said Irom Chanu Sharmila, talking to media persons as she was produced at the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Imphal East on… Continue Reading →
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