Talk:Irom Chanu Sharmila

Request edit on 21 October 2015

Paragraph 2 in the section The Fast and its Responses contains an unverifiable untruth "However, Amnesty International and the World Medical Association both dispute that a hunger strike is equivalent to suicide as hunger strikers "generally hope and intend to survive" That statement can be found nowhere in the Malta Declaration of the WHA which is provided as a reference for this made up statement. What the the WHA actually states is "Genuine and prolonged fasting risks death or permanent damage for hunger strikers and can create a conflict of values for physicians. Hunger strikers usually do not wish to die but some may be prepared to do so to achieve their aims." Amensty International India is alone in its belief that Hunger Strikers will stop from fasting if they are not force fed on the grounds as they say they generally hope and intend to survive. Can someone look at this and correct the statement,

I appreciate you won't go in the reasons for hte importance of this false statement and reference. But my understanding is that you people take encyclopaedias seriously and you have provided a quotation without verification falsely attributing the WHA Malta Declaration as backing for Amnesty International India's unique position. My name is Desmond Coutinho 2 Abbey Court, Portumna, Co Galway, Eire I am Sharmia's fiance and I have been given sole authority via a signed power of attorney form to speak on her behalf. That's who I am if you check the quotation you will see that it is unverifiable.

If you attribute it solely to Amnesty International India and provide a better summary of the WHA position that would better in terms of your enyclopaedia.

Thank you. I hope no one is going to get offended and demand I be barred from making comments coz I find that tiresome. No one is updating her story but I am told if I do offer anything you aren't a newspaper so i no longer bother.78.16.107.189 (talk) 09:10, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

I looked at the this. The sentence being where it was violated WP:SYN so I deleted it. Here is the sentence, if anyone wants to discuss:

However, Amnesty International and the World Medical Association both dispute that a hunger strike is equivalent to suicide as hunger strikers "generally hope and intend to survive".

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- Jytdog (talk) 18:52, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

2nd request

Second request to edit in paragraph 3 of the fast and its responses you claim that under Indian Law anyone charged with IPC 309 "attempts to commit suicide ... shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year [or with fine, or with both] but this is clearly not the case. Irom Sharmila Chanu was arrested last on 23 January 2016 and the magistrate the fifth one to whom this trial has passed ruled on 22 February that he had the right to extend the term of imprisonment and was doing so specifically he is ruling the period from 2 January 2016 until 8th February 2016 does not form part of the detention that may extend to one year. On 22 February he therefore ruled that he could detains her for 12 days more without releasing her and her detention would not be illegal. Although he does not rule out the possibility of farther extensions. I have no idea why he doesn't just release her and then rearrest her because no one has a case under Indian Law to challenge that. Although he hasn't himself heard the prosecution case because they rested before Xmas 2015 and he is not hearing the Defence case as they rested on 22 February he intends to hear final argument on 24 February and then give a verdict and then automatically release her based on time served because she will have served over 15 years on various forms of remand without conviction unless he revises this period again not to count as part of previous detention. I appreciate you are not a newspaper but your current analysis of the trial has little bearing on what has happened or what is happening to her. If anyone has an interest in updating please do so. I actually understand the case better than anyone else feel free to ask me what is going on or not. In addition in your summary of court cases you refer to a District & Sessions Court Judgement of August which was stayed by the Manipur High Court. The presentation of the trials given editors have claimed that they can't find reports of the trials is selective and untruthful. But that's wiki for you I have nothing farther to add. Desmond Coutinho83.71.21.137 (talk) 16:32, 23 February 2016 (UTC)