{"id":33505,"date":"2014-05-29T11:39:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T06:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=33505"},"modified":"2014-05-29T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T06:09:39","slug":"eager-eat-afspa-revoked-says-irom-sharmila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/eager-eat-afspa-revoked-says-irom-sharmila","title":{"rendered":"Eager to eat if AFSPA is revoked, says Irom Sharmila"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/eager-eat-afspa-revoked-says-irom-sharmila\/irom-sharmila-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33506\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33506\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/eager-eat-afspa-revoked-says-irom-sharmila\/irom-sharmila-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Irom Sharmila\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-33506 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Irom Sharmila\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>Rights activist Irom Sharmila, who is on a fast for over 13 years in Manipur demanding repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), on Wednesday told a Delhi court that she was very much eager to eat if she gets the assurance that the &#8220;draconian&#8221; Act will be revoked.<\/p>\n<p>Sharmila, who appeared before the court in pursuance to the production warrant issued against her in connection with a case lodged in 2006 for allegedly attempting to commit suicide during her fast-unto-death here at Jantar Mantar, claimed that wide scale discrimination was being done with the people from North East.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love my life very much and I am very much eager to eat something right here in the court, if I get an assurance that this undemocratic AFSPA is revoked,&#8221; Sharmila said with her eyes full of tears.<\/p>\n<p>41-year-old Sharmila, who came to the court with her nose tube in place, a day after flying in from Manipur, also told metropolitan magistrate Akash Jain that she never intended to commit suicide and it was just a protest against AFSPA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are scholars and experts, who have forced the revoking of TADA and POTA but no one as such has come forward against the more &#8216;severe&#8217; AFSPA, which is against the principal of non-violence&#8221; she told the magistrate.<\/p>\n<p>During the proceedings, when the court told her that she would be given exemption from physical appearance due to her health condition, Sharmila replied, &#8220;It is my case and I want to be physically present in the court during the proceedings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also alleged that democratic rights of the people of North-East was being taken away under the garb of AFSPA.<\/p>\n<p>To this, the magistrate said that what she was demanding was not under his jurisdiction and he has to restrict himself to the trial of the case only.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, the court recorded the statements of two policemen, who were arrayed as prosecution witnesses in the case in which the Manipuri-activist is facing trial.<\/p>\n<p>The court has fixed the matter for July 17 for recording of statements of other witnesses in the case.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rights activist Irom Sharmila, who is on a fast for over 13 years in Manipur demanding repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), on Wednesday told a Delhi court that she was very much eager to eat if she gets the assurance that the &#8220;draconian&#8221; Act will be revoked. 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