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Irom Sharmila
| Indian activist, human rights defender who went on hunger strike Date of Birth: 14.03.1972 Country: India |
Biography of Irom Sharmila
Irom Sharmila Chanu, also known as the Iron Lady of Manipur, is an Indian activist, human rights defender, and poet who has been on a hunger strike for over 12 years.
She was born in 1972 in Kongpal, Imphal, Manipur, a small state in eastern India.
In her home state of Manipur, civil unrest has been ongoing for many years, leading the government to deploy troops in the region.
Under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), the military has the power to do as they please in the region, which has resulted in a series of brutal incidents where soldiers have acted with impunity. This law, enacted in 1958 and implemented in Manipur in 1980, was initially supposed to be in effect for only six months.
However, it has never been repealed, and military repression in the region has continued for many years.
In 2000, Irom