Sand Sculpture in solidarity with Irom Sharmila's struggle for Repeal AFSPA
4th November 2015
Sand Sculpture at Cuttack, Orrisa by famous sand artist Himanshu Shekhar Parida, in solidarity with Irom Sharmila's struggle for Repeal AFSPA
A sand sculpture in solidarity with Irom Sharmila's struggle for Repeal AFSPA was made by famous sand artist Himanshu Shekhar Parida at Cuttack, Orrisa. This was made on the call of Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign where the campaign is observing a nationwide protest to mark 15 years of completion of hunger protest of Irom Sharmila.
Himanshu is a young artist and trained in fine arts with his passion in sand sculptures. He is also associated with various voluntary activities for social cause and has volunteered for Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign this time.
Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign is continuously raising its voice to repeal AFSPA from North East and J&K since last many years. On 1st and 2nd Nov, SSSC along with other organisations also organised a Convention on Repeal AFSPA at New Delhi and various other protests at many other cities.
On the recent decision of Meghalaya High Court where the court directs Centre ti impose AFSPA on Garo Hills, SSSC appealed all civil society organisations and political leaders to come forward and to appeal to court to review its directions and not to make common people victims of state violence with unchecked and unlimited powers of AFSPA.
Ravi Nitesh
Convener
Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign
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This Press Release was posted on November 05 2015
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