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b. 1972writer
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Irom Chanu Sharmila
b. 1972, born Imphal, writer, poet, journalist
Irom Sharmila Chanu, also known as the “Iron Lady of Manipur” or “Mengoubi” is an Indian civil rights activist and poet from the state of Manipur. In 2000, she began a hunger strike to abolish the Armed Forces Act, 1958. She ended her intermittent fast in 2016, after being force-fed for over 500 weeks in custody. Amnesty International has declared her a prisoner of conscience.
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