TIMEOne of India's Most Prominent Activists Will End a 16-Year Hunger StrikeTIMEIn late 2000, a woman named Irom Sharmila went on a hunger strike in the northeast Indian state of Manipur to protest the country's Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), and what many claim is the virtual impunity it grants to security forces in ...Irom Sharmila: Can India's most famous prisoner of conscience become a new political star?QuartzIndian activist Irom Sharmila to end 16-year-long hunger strikeMashableIndian Activist to End Her Nearly 16-Year Hunger StrikeABC NewsThe Indian Express -Firstpost -www.worldbulletin.net -Business Standardall 148 news articles »