Indian activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on a hunger strike for 14 years, has been freed following a court order.
Ms Chanu said she was happy to be freed but would continue her fast.
She began her hunger strike in 2000 to protest against a controversial law in the state of Manipur, which gave the Indian armed forces sweeping powers.
She was arrested shortly after her protest began and put in a hospital and force-fed through a pipe in her nose.
On Tuesday, a court in the state capital, Imphal, rejected the charge that she was "attempting to commit suicide" and ordered her release.
For nearly 14 years, Ms Chanu has been held in judicial custody in a hospital in Manipur's capital, Imphal. Full story...
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Ms Chanu said she was happy to be freed but would continue her fast.
She began her hunger strike in 2000 to protest against a controversial law in the state of Manipur, which gave the Indian armed forces sweeping powers.
She was arrested shortly after her protest began and put in a hospital and force-fed through a pipe in her nose.
On Tuesday, a court in the state capital, Imphal, rejected the charge that she was "attempting to commit suicide" and ordered her release.
For nearly 14 years, Ms Chanu has been held in judicial custody in a hospital in Manipur's capital, Imphal. Full story...
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