By Surbhi Bhatia

Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev’s fasting grabbed attention of the entire world. But did you know there is one lady from an Indian North Eastern state Manipur who is fighting for the rights of North Eastern people for more than a decade and she has been on hunger strike since the year 2000. Having refused food and water for more than 500 weeks, Irom Sharmila Chanu has been called “the world’s longest hunger striker”.

But Indian government is doing nothing to save her from this situation. Human rights activists dedicate their whole life in helping other people. But they themselves remain one of the most vulnerable sections of society, especially in developing countries like India. In an effort to protect these activists壯陽藥
, World Sikh Organization (WSO) in association with Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) has opened Khalra Centre for Human Rights Defenders in New Delhi. (more…)