PRESS RELESE AW/001/2007
Dated 29 April 2007 AssamWatch(UK) has noted with some relief that upon receiving firm written commitment from the Chief Minister of Assam, the six wives of the missing cadres of the United Liberation Front of Asom in Bhutan in December 2003 has ended their 'FAST UNTO DEATH' action on 26 April 2007. Assam Watch(UK) would like to thank the Government of Assam for intervening in time to save the lives of these determined ladies who has followed the footsteps of Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi who went on repeated 'Fasting Protests' during the Indian independence struggle. We are very hopeful that the Assam Government will honour the written reassurances and commitments given to the ladies on doing the needful in tracing the where about of the missing persons pursuing all avenues and return them to their families as soon as possible. The ladies fasting from. 21 March 2007 have put their health in extreme jeopardy. Appropriate care need to be provided for overall well being of these ladies who have put their bodies through extreme starvation on a background of a anxiety over their beloved ones for over the last Two and a Half year and it is expected that the appropriate authorities have already taken this into consideration and continue the care needed for them without any prejudice. Dr. M. Hazarika Co-ordinator AssamWatch(UK)
