[Assam] Fwd: Join Sharmila Irom in Protest against draconian AFSPA.

[Chan Mahanta]

I express my complete support of Irom and all others who support her mission.

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At 10:38 AM +0530 10/5/06, bg wrote:
>FYI
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>Dear friends,
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>Sharmila Irom, who has not let a drop of water or morsel of food 
>pass her lips for six years, has shifted her protest to Delhi. 
>34-year old Sharmila says she will fast until the government repeals 
>the Armed Forces(Special Powers) Act, which gives soldiers sweeping 
>powers to kill, with virtual immunity from prosecution.
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>Following the massacre of innocent villagers by security forces in 
>Malom in Manipur, Sharmila went on a fast on 2 November 2000. About 
>three weeks later, she was arrested and charged with attempted 
>suicide. Subsequently, the authorities force-fed her through a nasal 
>tube. Sharmila was released on Monday October 3 rd 2006 from 
>judicial custody in Imphal.
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>Today (4th October) she was smuggled out of Imphal's high security 
>airport and whisked to Delhi.
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>Support Sharmila in her struggle for repeal of the Armed Forces 
>(Special Powers) Act, at the dharna site in Jantar Mantar. Please 
>join in a hunger fast in solidarity, or simply come and show your 
>solidarity.
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>Please forward this widely, to friends and media persons.
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>In Solidarity,
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>All of us in Saheli.
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