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India2000 to 2016
After ten civilians were shot dead at a bus stop in Malom, Manipur, in November 2000, Irom Sharmila began a hunger strike demanding the repeal of AFSPA. Force-fed through a nasal tube in custody for sixteen years, she became one of the longest hunger strikers in the world.
Irom Sharmila, the 'Iron Lady of Manipur'; the women's groups who supported her.
Repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.