Irom Chanu Sharmila has first taste of food since beginning fast in 2000 in protest against security law in Manipur state One of India's most prominent political activists has ended a 16-year hunger strike, licking honey from her hand and declaring: "I will never forget this moment." Irom Chanu Sharmila had been fed through a tube in her nose and held by police since 2000, when she began her fast to protest against a draconian security law - the Armed Forces Special Powers Act - that gives immen...
Irom Chanu Sharmila has first taste of food since beginning fast in 2000 in protest against security law in Manipur state One of India's most prominent political activists has ended a 16-year hunger strike, licking honey from her hand and declaring: "I will never forget this moment." Irom Chanu Sharmila had been fed through a tube in her nose and held by police since 2000, when she began her fast to protest against a draconian security law - the Armed Forces Special Powers Act - that gives immen...
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