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Independent Citizens Fact Finding Mission to Manipur

Posted Sat, 2009-11-07 11:48 by admin

Imphal,

7th November, ‘09

PRESS RELEASE

Sharmila's Public Message on 6th November 2009

Posted Sat, 2009-11-07 11:42 by admin

Date 6th November 2009

JN Hospital, Imphal

Dr. Deepti Priya Mehrotra's speech on Nov 1st 2009

Posted Fri, 2009-11-06 12:03 by admin

Two weeks after the release of her sixth book Burning Bright: Irom Sharmila and the Struggle for Peace in Manipur, Dr. Deepti Priya Mehrotra a political scientist, journalist and activist passionately recounted her days with the living legend.

Dr. Merhotra spoke about the private and public struggle of Irom Sharmila at the School of Social Sciences – 1, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on the 26th of September, 2009. The special lecture was organised by Manipur Research Forum.

Irom Sharmila is a "sister and daughter of the world", a peace loving activist and a friend who is now close to her heart. Dr. Mehrotra was one of the many who became a friend of Irom Sharmila while she brought her struggle to Delhi.

She met Sharmila at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi during the winter of 2006-07. Dr. Mehrotra recalls there were a dozen policemen and intelligence personnel guarding the hospital room.

Meghalaya Governer demand for repeal of Armed Forces Act

Posted Tue, 2009-11-03 11:46 by admin

STAFF Reporter
GUWAHATI, Nov 3 – A few days after Meghalaya Governor and Intelligence Bureau deputy director advocated repeal of the Armed Forces Special Power Act from the North East, Maj Gen (retd) Gaganjit Singh today lent his support to the repeal of the ‘controversial’ Act. “The AFSPA should be repealed from the region as it has not given security forces any sweeping power, as perceived by many,” Maj Gen (retd) Singh told reporters here, on the sidelines of a day-long seminar on counter-terrorist operation organised by the Red Horns Division.

“Any person picked by the Army has to be handed over to the police within 24 hours and a medical examination done. A picked person is in a state of shock during the initial hours and we can hardly ever extract any information from him and, moreover, it also makes them psychologically tough knowing that they cannot be kept with the Army for more than a day.