Manipur's Transgender Activist On Hunger Strike, Seeks End To Violence

A transgender activist from Manipur who has been fasting for the past four days in Delhi, seeking an end to the ethnic violence in the state, was taken to a hospital after her health condition deteriorated on Monday. Following a check-up, she resumed her hunger strike at a gurdwara near central Delhi's Connaught Place, the civil society group that she heads said in a statement on Monday.

Malem Thongam, the chief of Lamyamba Irabot Memorial Integrated Trust, started her fast on February 22. She was, however, detained by the police and along with members of the civil society group Delhi Meetei Coordinating Committee (DMCC).

After she was released, she continued her fast in front of the home of Manipur MP Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, from where she was again detained by the police.