hunger striker but who cares about her and her cause?" [Irom] Sharmila's brother Irom Singhajit told AFP from Manipur's capital, Imphal, 1,500 miles (2,415 kilometres) from New Delhi."Who cares about a faraway state?" he said.
Sharmila, now 39, a poet, launched her fast in November 2000, demanding repeal of the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act following the killing of 10 people by troops in retaliation for a militant attack.
from MSN Malaysia News: A tale of two Indian hunger strikers
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