NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian court on Tuesday ordered the release of a human rights campaigner who has been on a hunger fast for 14 years, saying there was not enough ground to prove she was trying to kill herself.
Irom Sharmila, 42, has been demanding the repeal of a law that gives India's military sweeping powers to search and detain anyone suspected to be involved in an armed revolt in the remote northeastern state of Manipur.
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