Manipur activist Irom Sharmila arrested yet again

August 22, 2014 10:45

Manipur activist Irom Sharmila has yet again been arrested while she was protesting against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Imphal.

When the police arrived at the protest venue on Friday morning, Irom and her mother resisted arrest, following which the police forcibly picked her up and took her away in a police van.

Soon after her release, Irom refused a medical examination. The court order on her release had said that the state will be responsible for her health and must feed her through a nasal tube if necessary.

There was heavy police presence at the protest site in Imphal where she continued her hunger strike.

Irom Sharmila was released on Wednesday after a Manipur court decriminalised her protest, dismissing the attempted suicide charge against her.

Irom Sharmila was in custody for over 14 years and force fed through a tube to deter her hunger strike.

Irom had, upon her release on Wednesday, said that she wouldn't allow anybody to force-feed her.

"I will not take any force feed this time. I will not allow any medical set up. I don't feel hungry. What I feel is an emptiness," she said.

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