Indian activist on hunger strike forcibly removed by police

Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk was forcibly hospitalized this week by court order, ABC News Australia reports, after a twenty-day hunger strike protesting an examination scandal affecting millions of Indian students. He had initiated the strike last month in solidarity with India's youth movement over the testing controversy, and authorities removed him citing his deteriorating health condition.

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