India police re-arrest fasting activist, force-feed her
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In this Friday, Aug. 22, 2014 photo, Irom Sharmila is detained by policewomen in Imphal, in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. The frail Indian activist who has been on a hunger strike for nearly 14 years to protest alleged military brutality scuffled with police Friday as they took her back to the same government hospital where she had been force-fed. Sharmila, 42, vowed to continue the hunger strike that landed her in prison for the past 14 years. She walked free on Wednesday after a court threw out the charges of attempted suicide against her. Attempted suicide is a crime in India. (AP Photo/Press Trust of India) INDIA OUT (The Associated Press)
A lawyer says police have re-arrested a frail Indian activist who has been on a hunger strike for nearly 14 years to protest alleged military brutality in India's remote northeast.
Attorney Khaidam Mani says police have again charged 42-year-old Irom Sharmila with attempted suicide on Friday, two days after she was released from detention by a court order and the charge against her dropped. Attempted suicide is a crime in India.
Police took her back to the same government hospital in Imphal, the capital of Manipur state, where she had been force-fed for years after she vowed Friday to continue her hunger strike that landed her in prison for the past 14 years.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}She has been protesting wide powers held by security forces to quell insurgencies.