Posts Tagged ‘london’

London in Solidarity with Irom Sharmila
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London in Solidarity with Irom Sharmila

The School of Oriental and African Studies, London (SOAS) is observing the centenary of the International Women Day in a week long celebration at the student’s lounge. As a part of this observation a public meeting was held in honour of Irom Sharmila Chanu on 04-March 2011. Jo Baker, a human right academician and activist [...]

Published by on March 8th, 2011 at 10:03 am
The Independent, London: A decade of starvation for Irom Sharmila
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The Independent, London: A decade of starvation for Irom Sharmila

Woman on world’s longest hunger strike vows to ‘continue fasting’ over human rights abuses in Manipur. Her skin is ghostly pale from years of incarceration, her body is diminished and thin. But Irom Sharmila’s eyes still sparkle. This week, in the drab surroundings of a hospital’s secure wing in the north-east of India, the world’s [...]

Published by on November 5th, 2010 at 07:11 pm
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