She started her strike in 2000, after 10 civilians were allegedly killed
by Indian soldiers in the country's northeastern Manipur state and has
been protesting the killings using her hunger strike ever since.
Since 2000 the activist has been arrested at least 14 times for trying
to 'kill herself', prompting authorities to force feed her through a
drip in her nose for over a decade under a law that makes attempted
suicide illegal.
The 2005 Nobel Prize nominee was moved from Jawaharlal Nehru hospital in
Manipur -- where she has been in judicial custody -- to court this
morning amid heavy security.
In 2014, her lawyer, Khaidem Mani, challenged the suicide charge by the
government, citing the country's history of hunger strikes. The
magistrate ruled there was insufficient evidence to prove she was
attempting to commit suicide and the court ordered her release, Sharmila
then resumed her hunger strike.
She will be released today and will end her hunger strike today.
According to her brother she'll begin campaigning as an independent
candidate in an election due to take place next year in Manipur, a state
in India.
Source: CNN
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