Asian Solidarity and Manipur People's Struggle for Democracy in Manipur :: 05 November 2014

On 5th November 2014 , Just Peace Foundation(JPF) , May 18 Foundation (Korea), Forum Asia (Thailand) jointly organized a solidarity fast to support the Manipur people's struggle for democracy in Manipur at Lamyanba Sanglen, Imphal Manipur. People from South Korea, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia and some part of India came and extended their solidarity to the people's struggle for democracy in Manipur in general and Irom Sharmila's 15 years fast in particular .

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Sharmila Kanba Lup, Film Forum , Manipur, TG Hr Sec , CC Hr Sec, Ibotonsana, Ananda shing, Manipur University, Johnston Hr Sec , AMMEK, and many women's organizations joined the struggle on the same day and fast for a day.

Four Gwangju laureates , Wardha( Indonesia), Binayak Sen(India), Lenin Ragubangshi(India), Sushil( Nepal) had joined the fast in Imphal and 5 members of the May 18 Foundation from Korea including its Director Ms Lien had supported the struggle for democracy in Manipur .

Journalist- Amit Sen Gupta, Ravi Nitesh Srivastava (SSSC) also joined the fast.

Read an entire timeline on AFSPA in Manipur here

Picture Credit :: Andy Meetei / Paonam Birjeet - Contributed by Just Peace Foundation (JPF)

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