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Irom Chanu Sharmila (born 14 March 1972),[1] also known as the "Iron Lady of Manipur"[2] or "Mengoubi" ("the fair one")[3] is an Indian civil rights activist, political activist, and poet from the Indian state of Manipur, which is located on the north-eastern side of India. On 5 November 2000,[4] she began a hunger strike in favour of abolishing the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 that applies to the seven states and grants Indian armed forces the power to search properties without a warrant, and to arrest people, and to use deadly force if there is "reasonable suspicion" that a person is acting against the state. She ended the fast on 9 August 2016, after 16 long years of fasting. Having refused food and water for more than 500 weeks (she was nasally force fed in jail), she has been called "the world's longest hunger striker".[5] On International Women's Day, 2014 she was voted the top woman icon of India by MSN Poll.[6][7]
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Irom Chanu Sharmila (Iron Lady) | |
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![]() Irom Sharmila at a reception given by Solidarity Youth Movement to her in Kozhikode | |
Born | (1972-03-14) 14 March 1972 (age 52) |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Civil rights activist, political activist, poet |
Known for | Hunger strike against Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act |
Spouse | Desmond Anthony Bellarnine Coutinho |
Children | Nix Shakhi and Autumn Tara |
Parent(s) | Irom c Nanda (father) Irom Ongbi Sakhi (mother) |
In 2014 two parties asked her to stand in the national election, but she declined. She was then denied the right to vote as a person confined in jail cannot vote according to law.[8][9][10] On 19 August 2014 a court ordered her release from custody, subject to there being no other grounds for detention. She was re-arrested on 22 August 2014 on similar charges to those for which she was acquitted, and remanded in judicial custody for 15 days.[11] Amnesty International has declared her as a prisoner of conscience.