An Indian human rights activist who has been on hunger strike for the last 14 years in protest against alleged army atrocities on Wednesday walked free from a prison hospital where doctors had force fed her to keep her alive. Irom Sharmila's release comes after a trial judge found no evidence to support charges filed in 2000 by prosecutors in the northeastern state of Manipur that she was trying to commit suicide by refusing food. My battle against injustice and crimes committed by the army in Manipur will continue," Sharmila told Reuters by telephone as she waited to leave the hospital in state capital, Imphal. Answering a question, she said she would continue her hunger strike.
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