India: Sonam Wangchuk calls for 'second freedom movement'
07/19/2026 July 19, 2026 Wangchuk's wife moves court to shift activist to another hospital Gitanjali Angmo, the wife of Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk, said on
07/19/2026 July 19, 2026 Wangchuk's wife moves court to shift activist to another hospital Gitanjali Angmo, the wife of Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk, said on Sunday that she has approached the Delhi High Court for an urgent hearing seeking permission to move her husband to a hospital of the family's choice.
Earlier, she said she had lost faith in the hospital where her husband is being treated and warned that the hospital and the government would be responsible if anything happened to the activist. "Despite repeated requests, the hospital has refused to discharge him or allow us to shift him to a private hospital of our choice," she wrote on X.
"With around 30 police personnel stationed on our floor and well over 100 across the hospital, our movement is severely restricted. It is not medical care. It is illegal detention." Angmo alleged the hospital told the family that Wangchuk's potassium level had fallen to a life-threatening 2.9 but did not disclose the figure in its public health bulletin.
She said an independent test put the level at 3.5, which she described as normal.
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