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World Service,05 Aug 2026,49 mins

Indian hunger striker: We had no fear

Newshour

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Newshour speaks to Sonam Wangchuk, who went on a hunger strike in solidarity with thousands of students in India as they demanded change. Also on the programme: Kyiv suffers another wave of overnight strikes; and what a crash into the moon might teach us about its surface. (Photo: Sonam Wangchuk, an education reformer who was on a hunger strike for 26 days to support the demand for resignation of India’s education minister, walks after paying homage at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi, India, July 27, 2026. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh)

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