{"id":39310,"date":"2015-10-06T11:28:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T11:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=39310"},"modified":"2015-10-06T11:28:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T11:28:26","slug":"afspa-causing-hardship-to-manipurs-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/afspa-causing-hardship-to-manipurs-people","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;AFSPA causing hardship to Manipur&#8217;s people&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39311\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/afspa-causing-hardship-to-manipurs-people\/irom-sharmila-5\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=1460%2C913&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1460,913\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;AP&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;India\\u00e2\\u0080\\u0099s Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike for 12 years to protest an Indian law that suspends many human rights protections in areas of conflict, looks during a press conference, in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 4, 2013. 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Sharmila who has been force fed through a tube by authorities was charged Monday with attempted suicide in a case likely to bring major attention to her quiet protest in the tiny northeastern state of Manipur against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. (AP Photo\/Tsering Topgyal)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?fit=640%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-39311 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?resize=300%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"&quot;AFSPA causing hardship to Manipur's people&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?resize=1024%2C640&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?w=1460&amp;ssl=1 1460w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Irom-Sharmila.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;AFSPA causing hardship to Manipur&#8217;s people&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"p-content\">Manipuri rights activist Irom Sharmila today told a Delhi court that the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) should be scrapped as it has caused &#8220;immense hardship&#8221; to the people of the state and thousands of innocent persons have been killed over the years.<\/p>\n<p>In her statement recorded before the court in a case in which she is facing trial for allegedly trying to commit suicide while undertaking fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar in 2006, Sharmila said police had violated her fundamental rights and implicated her in a false case.<\/p>\n<p>42-year-old Sharmila, who is on a fast for around 15 years in Manipur demanding repeal of AFSPA, broke down in the court while recording her statement.<\/p>\n<p>She told Metropolitan Magistrate Akash Jain that she had sat on a fast at Jantar Mantar here on October 4, 2006 but she was forcibly removed by the police from there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is correct that I had sat on fast at Jantar Mantar on October 4, 2006 but I have been fasting since 2000 and same has not affected my health and I have never refused medical check up&#8230;,&#8221; she told the court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have been demanding that AFSPA be repealed or lifted from Manipur as the same has caused immense hardship to the common man of Manipur. Thousands of innocent people have been killed, hundreds of rapes have taken place on Manipur&#8217;s women. No action has been taken under the garb of AFSPA,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Sharmila, who is fed through a nasal tube, also told the court that she has been continuing her struggle against AFSPA and as the issue was attaining attention worldwide, the police violated her fundamental rights and forcibly removed her from Jantar Mantar during her fast in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The court concluded the recording of Sharmila&#8217;s statement during which she said that she wants to examine witnesses in her defence. The court has now fixed the matter for tomorrow when Sharmila&#8217;s lawyer would file a list of defence witness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manipuri rights activist Irom Sharmila today told a Delhi court that the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) should be scrapped as it has caused &#8220;immense hardship&#8221; to the people of the state and thousands of innocent persons have been killed over the years. 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