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Freed activist won’t stop 14-year hunger strike

By Muneeza Naqvi
Published August 21, 2014 11:15am ET
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Freed activist won’t stop 14-year hunger strike
In this Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 photo, Irom Sharmila speaks to the media outside a security ward after her release in Porompal district, in Imphal, India. India's most famous prisoner of conscience walked free after nearly 14 years in jail but vowed to continue the hunger strike that landed her in prison for attempted suicide. Sharmila, 42, has not eaten a single morsel of food voluntarily since November 2000, when she began her protest against an Indian law that suspends many human rights protections in areas of conflict. (AP Photo/Bullu Raj) | Bullu Raj

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s most famous prisoner of conscience has walked free after nearly 14 years in jail but vowed to continue the hunger strike that landed her in prison for attempted suicide, her brother said Thursday.

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