On 2 November 2000 Ten civilians, including children and elderly women, waiting at a bus stop in Malom, Manipur, were gunned down by soldiers of the Assam Rifles. Horrified by the atrocity, and other human rights abuses in Manipur enabled by the oppressive Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 28-year-old Irom Chanu Sharmila started an indefinite
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The arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on corruption charges just weeks before a general election has fired up India's opposition, which accuses the ruling BJP of "weaponizing government agencies."