NU activists on hunger strike

NU activists on hunger strike

SEMARANG: Nine Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) activists went on a hunger
strike here on Tuesday to protest the General Elections
Commission (KPU) for disqualifying former president Abdurrahman
"Gus Dur" Wahid from the July 5 presidential election on medical
grounds.

The strike, held outside the Central Java regional KPU office,
was held to pressure the commission to annul its decision.

The protesters argued that the disqualification discriminated
against citizens with disabilities, like the nearly blind Gus
Dur. -- JP