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Irom Sharmila Arrested After Resuming Hunger Strike

Irom Sharmila Arrested After Resuming Hunger Strike
NEW DELHI, INDIA - MAY 28: Human rights activist Irom Sharmila arrives at Patiala court for hearing a case of attempted suicide during her fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar here in 2006 on May 28, 2014 in New Delhi, India. Dubbed the Iron Lady, 40-year-old Sharmila from Manipur has been protesting for the last 12 years, demanding repeal of AFSPA. (Photo by Arun Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - MAY 28: Human rights activist Irom Sharmila arrives at Patiala court for hearing a case of attempted suicide during her fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar here in 2006 on May 28, 2014 in New Delhi, India. Dubbed the Iron Lady, 40-year-old Sharmila from Manipur has been protesting for the last 12 years, demanding repeal of AFSPA. (Photo by Arun Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

IMPHAL -- Manipuri rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who was acquitted by a court on the charge of attempt to suicide, has been arrested after she resumed her 15-year-long indefinite fast at the historic Sahid Minar, demanding repeal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act ( AFSPA) in the state.

Sharmila has been re-arrested and will be charged with attempt to suicide.

Sharmila, who was released from judicial custody by the chief judicial magistrate of Imphal West yesterday, came out of the special ward of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital and headed for Sahid Minar with a large number of supporters.

A team of police personnel led by a lady officer persuaded her not to proceed further at Nupi Lan complex. Sharmila however reached Sahid Minar at around 4 pm.

After reaching the site, she resumed her fast to press her demand.

Sharmila, known as the Iron Lady of Manipur, began her fast in November 2000 after ten people were killed in a shooting at a bus stop near her home in Manipur. Activists blame the army for the killings but no arrests have been made in the case.

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