Stan Swamy, 84-year-old activist arrested in Elgar Parishad case, dies
3 years, 6 months ago

Stan Swamy, 84-year-old activist arrested in Elgar Parishad case, dies

Live Mint  

Activist Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, has passed away, his counsel informed the Bombay High Court on Monday. The 84-year-old Jesuit priest died at 1.30 pm today, Dr Ian D'Souza, director of the Holy Family Hospital in suburban Bandra, told the HC's division bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar. Swamy's counsel Mihir Desai said there was negligence on part of the Taloja prison authorities, who failed to provide immediate medical attention to the Jesuit priest. The Elgar-Parishad case is related to alleged inflammatory speeches made at a conclave held in Pune around four years back on 31 December, which, as per the police, triggered violence the following day near the Koregaon-Bhima war memorial located on the outskirts of the western Maharashtra city.

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Stan Swamy’s PC hacked, documents planted in Bhima Koregaon case: New analysis
2 years ago

Stan Swamy’s PC hacked, documents planted in Bhima Koregaon case: New analysis

Hindustan Times  

One of the accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, was the target of an alleged cyberattack, and the people behind it planted documents and attempted to clear their tracks a day before a police raid, a new report said on Tuesday. American digital forensics company Arsenal Consulting, in a report submitted to the National Investigation …

US forensic firm claims digital evidence was 'planted' on Stan Swamy's computer
2 years ago

US forensic firm claims digital evidence was 'planted' on Stan Swamy's computer

Hindustan Times  

A US-based forensic firm on Tuesday claimed that digital evidence used to arrest Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy in the Bhima-Koregaon case was "planted" on his computer's hard drive, similar to two other cases involving human rights defenders Rona Wilson and Surendra Gadling. Civil rights activist Father Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, died at a …

Remembering Father Stan Swamy on his 85th birthday
2 years, 8 months ago

Remembering Father Stan Swamy on his 85th birthday

The Hindu  

Late Father Stan Swamy would have turned 85 on Tuesday. Swamy, along with other members of the banned organisation, hatched a serious conspiracy to create unrest in the entire country and to overpower the government, politically and by using muscle power.” Remembering him on his birthday, his close aide Xavier Dias said, "Stan hated birthdays. Father Stan represented a life …

Bombay HC seeks reply of NIA, Maharashtra govt on plea filed by Father Stan Swamy's next of kin
2 years, 10 months ago

Bombay HC seeks reply of NIA, Maharashtra govt on plea filed by Father Stan Swamy's next of kin

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has issued notices to the National Investigating Agency and the Maharashtra government, seeking their reply on a petition filed by Father Frazer Mascarenhas. Mascarenhas is the next of kin of late Father Stan Swamy who died while in judicial custody last year. Father Stan Swamy was arrested by the NIA in connection with the 2018 Elgar …

Elgar Parishad case: Bombay HC asks Stan Swamy's lawyers to file fresh plea against NIA court's observations
3 years, 1 month ago

Elgar Parishad case: Bombay HC asks Stan Swamy's lawyers to file fresh plea against NIA court's observations

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has directed late Father Stan Swamy's lawyers to file fresh proceedings raising grievances against the observations made against the tribal rights activist by the special court under the National Investigation Agency Act. However, more than four months after Swamy's death, the bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and SV Kotwal asked the lawyers to file a fresh …

Who was Stan Swamy? Man on a mission to endanger India
3 years, 5 months ago

Who was Stan Swamy? Man on a mission to endanger India

Op India  

Real name Stanislaus Lourduswamy. Stan Swamy befriended him and got his preaching and induction from Helder Camara –*** Helder Camara In 1965, Swamy joined the St Xavier’s High School Lupungutu, Chaibasa, West Singhbhum in present-day Jharkhand for his regency. They want to take training by going into revolutionary.” The court rejected his bail plea after studying all documents and said …

Father Stan Swamy: Portrait of a priest as an Adivasi
3 years, 5 months ago

Father Stan Swamy: Portrait of a priest as an Adivasi

The Hindu  

“For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.” Stanislaus Lourduswamy aka Father Stan Swamy loved to quote this immortal line from Khalil Gibran’s “On Death”. His elder brother, who had completed SSLC then, encouraged Stan to pursue his academic and social interests.” Amirthalenin said both Stan Swamy’s father and elder brother had served …

Father Stan Swamy: Silenced in death
3 years, 5 months ago

Father Stan Swamy: Silenced in death

The Hindu  

“What is happening to me is not something unique; it is the broader process that is taking place all over the country. The State government could be held singularly responsible for being a silent bystander, allowing a pathetic prison system to bring several of the Bhima Koregaon victims, including Father Stan Swamy, to the brink of death. From the moment …

“The Institutional Murder of Fr. Stan Swamy”
3 years, 5 months ago

“The Institutional Murder of Fr. Stan Swamy”

The Hindu  

We, the friends and family members of those accused in the Bhima Koregaon Conspiracy case, are deeply pained and shaken to the core by the loss of Father Stan Swamy. Father Stan was the last of the 16 people to be arrested and falsely accused in the Bhima Koregaon case and sent to prison. We cannot forget the heartbreaking speech …

Shobhaa De | Of a ‘strategic’ reshuffle & Fr Stan’s death in custody
3 years, 6 months ago

Shobhaa De | Of a ‘strategic’ reshuffle & Fr Stan’s death in custody

Deccan Chronicle  

Stan Swamy was a universal “father” much beyond his religious calling as a highly respected Jesuit priest. He was also everybody’s “grandpa”, a beloved brother and uncle, who died an ignominious death last week. Whose ambulance is worth chasing — the late Dilip Kumar’s or Stan Swamy’s? The near total blacking out of the tragedy of Stan Swamy’s heartbreaking death: …

Advocate General of Tribal Rights, Stan Swamy's death marks the end of an era
3 years, 6 months ago

Advocate General of Tribal Rights, Stan Swamy's death marks the end of an era

India Today  

Fr Stan Swamy, the 84-year-old Jesuit priest and champion of tribal rights, was a humanist and a voice for the voiceless. Swamy was arrested in October, 2020, for alleged involvement in the activities of the CPI and “for furtherance of the agenda of the banned terrorist organisation as one of the conspirators in Bhima-Koregaon Elgar Parishad case.” The case pertains …

Calumnists Cry Hoarse over Stan Swamy, but What’s the Truth? - News18
3 years, 6 months ago

Calumnists Cry Hoarse over Stan Swamy, but What’s the Truth? - News18

News 18  

The death of an 84-year-old Catholic priest, even if on account of post-COVID complications, would have gone unnoticed and unmourned, barring in his immediate parish circle. All of these are a gross distortion of the truth that underscores the purpose behind the targeted attacks on the Government of India, the state and the National Investigation Agency or NIA—to discredit the …

Stan Swamy’s death exposes the state of the elderly in India’s prisons
3 years, 6 months ago

Stan Swamy’s death exposes the state of the elderly in India’s prisons

Hindustan Times  

The death of 84-year-old tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy at a hospital in Mumbai, while fighting for his right to get bail, throws up a larger issue — the lack of care for the elderly in prisons. Just as Swamy foretold his death during his medical bail hearing in May to the Bombay high court, suffering …

Ministry of External Affairs releases statement refuting misinformation regarding Stan Swamy's death
3 years, 6 months ago

Ministry of External Affairs releases statement refuting misinformation regarding Stan Swamy's death

Op India  

On July 6, the Ministry of External Affairs issued an official statement regarding the death of Bhima Koregaon violence accused Stan Swamy. Our response to media queries on the demise of Father Stan Swamy:https://t.co/ENobB6wR2Y pic.twitter.com/HQWnmQt9sR — Arindam Bagchi July 6, 2021 The Bombay High Court had allowed his medical treatment at a private hospital where he received all possible medical …

Indian-American Groups Saddened By Death Of Stan Swamy
3 years, 6 months ago

Indian-American Groups Saddened By Death Of Stan Swamy

News 18  

Indian-American groups on Tuesday expressed grief over the death of Father Stan Swamy and described him as a social worker who dedicated his life to serving poor tribals in India. “A simple and an unassuming man, Fr Swamy stood his ground against a system that is bent on exploiting the poor tribals and their sovereign rights to their resources,” FIACONA …

Elgar Parishad accused demand probe into Stan Swamy's death, stage hunger strike in jail
3 years, 6 months ago

Elgar Parishad accused demand probe into Stan Swamy's death, stage hunger strike in jail

India Today  

The Elgar Parishad case accused, who are awaiting the beginning of their trial and are currently lodged at the Taloja Central Prison in Navi Mumbai, held a daylong hunger strike on Wednesday in protest of the “institutional murder” of tribal activist, Father Stan Swamy. The protesting Elgar Parishad case accused have also sought a judicial enquiry on the death of …

A death foretold: On activist Stan Swamy's death
3 years, 6 months ago

A death foretold: On activist Stan Swamy's death

The Hindu  

It was a death his well-wishers feared would happen and one he had anticipated. Much of the blame and accountability for his death should be on the NIA, which perversely opposed his release, and the court which could have granted interim bail weeks earlier. A good two months elapsed between the High Court seeking the NIA’s response to his bail …

Opposition writes to President seeking accountability for Stan Swamy’s death
3 years, 6 months ago

Opposition writes to President seeking accountability for Stan Swamy’s death

The Hindu  

Ten Opposition parties have urged President Ramnath Kovind to act against those responsible for foisting “false cases” on human rights activist Fr. The signatories to a letter to the President include Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister and JD leader Deve Gowda, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, his West Bengal and Jharkhand counterparts Mamata Banerjee and Hemant Soren …

Disturbed over Stan Swamy’s death: UN body on human rights
3 years, 6 months ago

Disturbed over Stan Swamy’s death: UN body on human rights

Live Mint  

The UN body on human rights on Tuesday said it was deeply saddened and disturbed by the death of 84-year-old rights activist Stan Swamy during his pre-trial detention. It said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and the United Nations' independent experts have repeatedly raised the cases of Swamy, a Jesuit priest, and 15 other human rights defenders …

Portrait of an old man as a martyr? What Left-‘liberal’ media won’t tell you about Stan Swamy
3 years, 6 months ago

Portrait of an old man as a martyr? What Left-‘liberal’ media won’t tell you about Stan Swamy

Firstpost  

The man that the Left and ‘liberals’ are mourning, Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, needs to be put in context. In the National Investigation Agency’s 10,000-page chargesheet in the 2017 Bhima-Koregaon violence, Stan Swamy is the central character. “In order to develop the process…from very beginning we should bring together most Dalit and Muslim forces that are already taking shape in …

Stan Swamy: Champion of tribal rights who spent his last months in prison
3 years, 6 months ago

Stan Swamy: Champion of tribal rights who spent his last months in prison

Hindustan Times  

Stan Swamy was born in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirapalli town in 1937 and travelled the world as a Jesuit priest before settling down and building a centre outside Ranchi to work for tribal rights. His close friend and colleague PM Tony said, “I know he was a very strong man from within and would have lived for another 15 years had …

Fr. Stan Swamy was jailed on false charges, says top U.N. official
3 years, 6 months ago

Fr. Stan Swamy was jailed on false charges, says top U.N. official

The Hindu  

Stan Swamy who passed away on Monday was imprisoned on “false charges of terrorism”, a top official of the United Nations has said. The concerns of Mary Lawlor, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, were shared by Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights, who said the European Union had been raising the case of Fr. A group …

Activists, leaders in J’khand condole Swamy’s death
3 years, 6 months ago

Activists, leaders in J’khand condole Swamy’s death

Hindustan Times  

Condolences poured in for Father Stan Swamy from activists and political leaders in Jharkhand, where he had been working and living for years before his arrest in October last year. I know he was a very strong man from within and would have lived for another 15 years had he not been arrested in this manipulated case by the NIA,” …

Stan Swamy, accused in Elgar Parishad case, worked to promote Maoist activities: Officials
3 years, 6 months ago

Stan Swamy, accused in Elgar Parishad case, worked to promote Maoist activities: Officials

Firstpost  

The NHRC had asked the Maharashtra chief secretary to ensure every possible medical treatment to Swamy as part of life-saving measures and protection of his human rights Activist Stan Swamy, who died on Monday, was undergoing treatment at a hospital of his choosing and was given a wheelchair, walker and other medical equipment during his judicial custody in a Maharashtra …

Indian activist Stan Swamy, jailed under terror law, dies
3 years, 6 months ago

Indian activist Stan Swamy, jailed under terror law, dies

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Father Stan Swamy, a jailed Jesuit priest and longtime Indian tribal rights activist, died Monday in the western Indian city of Mumbai. In October, Swamy was arrested in the eastern state of Jharkhand after being charged under India’s harsh anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities Act. “Father Stan Swamy spent a lifetime working for the dispossessed and the …

Arrest to death: Father Stan Swamy timeline
3 years, 6 months ago

Arrest to death: Father Stan Swamy timeline

The Hindu  

Tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy passed away at a private hospital in Mumbai on July 5, 2021, when his interim bail plea was scheduled to be heard on the day. The 84-year-old activist, who was suffering from Parkinson’s disease was among several intellectuals in judicial custody for their alleged involvement in the Bhima Koregaon violence. Here …

Calls for accountability over Stan Swamy’s death
3 years, 6 months ago

Calls for accountability over Stan Swamy’s death

The Hindu  

Political leaders and activists on Monday called for accountability over the death of 84-year-old jesuit priest and tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy. Stan Swamy, who was such a passionate crusader for social justice.” D. Raja’s charge General secretary of the Communist Party of India D. Raja said Fr. Stan’s death, Dr. Stanislaus D’Souza SJ of the Jesuit Provincial of …

Stan Swamy dies at 84: Who was the tribal rights activist arrested in Elgar Parishad case?
3 years, 6 months ago

Stan Swamy dies at 84: Who was the tribal rights activist arrested in Elgar Parishad case?

Firstpost  

Stan Swamy: The Bombay HC was informed that Swamy suffered a cardiac arrest early Sunday morning following which he was put on ventilator support Father Stan Swamy, a tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest arrested in the Elgaar Parishad case last year, died on Monday, his counsel informed the Bombay High Court when the court took up his bail plea. …

Fr. Stan Swamy passes away in custody
3 years, 6 months ago

Fr. Stan Swamy passes away in custody

The Hindu  

July 05, 2021 02:47 pm | Updated 05:45 pm IST - Mumbai The Bombay High Court on Monday was informed that Father Stan Swamy, 84, passed away at 1.24 p.m. Dr. Ian D’souza, medical director of the Holy Family Hospital where Fr. Swamy was admitted, told a division bench of Justices S.S. Shinde and N.J. Jamadar that the tribal rights …

Father Stan Swamy, Undertrial In Bhima Koregoan Case, Passes Away : Counsel Informs Bombay HC During Bail Hearing
3 years, 6 months ago

Father Stan Swamy, Undertrial In Bhima Koregoan Case, Passes Away : Counsel Informs Bombay HC During Bail Hearing

Live Law  

Octogenarian tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy, an undertrial prisoner in the Bhima Koregaon case, passed away today at 1.30 PM, a month after he was admitted to a private hospital in Mumbai, following court's orders. This fact was told by Swamy's counsel to the Bombay High Court, which was hearing his application for bail on medical grounds.The Jesuit priest …

Why was Stan Swamy arrested when NIA did not want to question him, lawyer asks in court
3 years, 6 months ago

Why was Stan Swamy arrested when NIA did not want to question him, lawyer asks in court

India Today  

The lawyer of Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy has questioned the arrest of the Elgar Parishad case accused when the National Investigation Agency did not want his custody even for a day. The Bombay High Court was informed minutes before Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy's bail application was going to be heard that the Elgar Parishad case accused had passed …

Father Stan Swamy, arrested in Elgar Parishad case, dies
3 years, 6 months ago

Father Stan Swamy, arrested in Elgar Parishad case, dies

India Today  

Activist Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, died on Monday, his counsel informed the Bombay High Court. As the court took up his bail plea hearing on Monday, Stan Swamy's lawyer told the bench that the medical condition of the 84-year-old deteriorated late Sunday night. Political leaders express condolences Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi took to …

Stan Swamy files plea against constitutional validity of UAPA section
3 years, 6 months ago

Stan Swamy files plea against constitutional validity of UAPA section

The Hindu  

Father Stan Swamy, accused in the Bhima Koregaon caste violence, has filed a fresh criminal petition before the Bombay High Court challenging the constitutional validity of a section under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act that creates a hurdle for an accused to be granted bail. Swamy, 84, currently being treated at a private hospital, has filed a fresh plea challenging …

Father Stan Swamy worked towards Maoist agenda in garb of helping tribals, Dalits: NIA to Bombay HC
3 years, 6 months ago

Father Stan Swamy worked towards Maoist agenda in garb of helping tribals, Dalits: NIA to Bombay HC

India Today  

National Investigation Agency has opposed the bail plea of 84-year-old Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy who is accused of carrying out Maoist activities and is arrested in the Elgar Parishad case registered at Pune. "While claiming to be a voice for the tribal community, Swamy was, in fact, accomplishing the agenda of the banned organisation," NIA said. Read: Stan Swamy …

Bombay High Court Extends Stan Swamy's Hospital Stay Till July 5
3 years, 6 months ago

Bombay High Court Extends Stan Swamy's Hospital Stay Till July 5

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday extended 84-year-old tribal rights activist from Ranchi Father Stan Swamy's private hospital stay till July 5th after perusing his Medical report which stated that he continues to be critical and requires intensive care. While deferring the hearing for two weeks, a Division Bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar has also directed that …

Elgar Parishad Case: Two Days After Hospitalisation, Stan Swamy Tests Covid-19 Positive
3 years, 7 months ago

Elgar Parishad Case: Two Days After Hospitalisation, Stan Swamy Tests Covid-19 Positive

News 18  

Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, has tested positive for coronavirus. Swamy, 84, who is suffering from Parkinson’s disease and several other ailments, was shifted from the Taloja prison in neighbouring Navi Mumbai to the Holy Family Hospital here on May 28, following the Bombay High Court’s orders. On May 28, a …

Fr. Stan Swamy tests positive for COVID-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Fr. Stan Swamy tests positive for COVID-19

The Hindu  

Father Stan Swamy, 84, tested COVID-19 positive at the Holy Family Hospital on Sunday. He was shifted to the private hospital from Taloja Central Jail on May 29 after being directed by the Bombay High Court. Advocate Mihir Desai, appearing for the Jesuit priest, told the court on May 29 that Fr. That is the only request.” The priest told …

Would rather die in jail than go to hospital for treatment: Stan Swamy to Bombay HC
3 years, 7 months ago

Would rather die in jail than go to hospital for treatment: Stan Swamy to Bombay HC

India Today  

Elgar Parishad case accused Stan Swamy told the Bombay High Court on Friday that he would rather 'suffer and possibly die' in prison than getting treatment at a hospital. Jesuit priest Stan Swamy told the high court that his health has deteriorated steadily since his arrest eight months back but he would prefer to be sent to Ranchi instead of …

Jailed Activist Stan Swamy To be Taken to Hospital Tomorrow; HC Asks for Expert Medical Panel
3 years, 7 months ago

Jailed Activist Stan Swamy To be Taken to Hospital Tomorrow; HC Asks for Expert Medical Panel

News 18  

The Bombay High Court directed the Taloja prison authorities on Wednesday to take Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, to the JJ Hospital in Mumbai for a medical examination. Swamy had approached the HC earlier this year through senior counsel Mihir Desai, challenging a special court’s decision in March wherein the latter rejected his …

Bombay HC asks JJ hospital to form expert panel to examine Elgar case accused Stan Swamy
3 years, 7 months ago

Bombay HC asks JJ hospital to form expert panel to examine Elgar case accused Stan Swamy

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has directed the JJ hospital to form an expert committee to examine the health of 84-year-old Stan Swamy, a Jesuit priest and a tribal rights activist, accused in the Elgar Parishad case. The division bench of Justice SJ Kathawalla and Justice SP Tavade has ordered Dean of JJ hospital to form a committee of doctors including …

Elgar Parishad case: Bombay HC says Stan Swamy entitled to bail, issues notice to NIA
3 years, 8 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Bombay HC says Stan Swamy entitled to bail, issues notice to NIA

India Today  

A division bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the National Investigation Agency and sought its response on a medical bail plea filed by Stan Swamy. Hearing the medical bail plea, a bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale directed the Maharashtra government to file a report on Stan Swamy's current health condition by May …

Elgar Parishad case: Activist Stan Swamy moves Bombay HC for bail
3 years, 8 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Activist Stan Swamy moves Bombay HC for bail

India Today  

Tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist case, has approached the Bombay High Court for bail on health grounds. The 83 year-old in his appeal, filed in the HC on Monday, has challenged an order passed by a sessions court here last month refusing him bail. The sessions court, while refusing bail to Swamy, had noted that …

Elgar Parishad case: Stan Swamy had conspired with Maoists to overthrow govt, says NIA court
3 years, 9 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Stan Swamy had conspired with Maoists to overthrow govt, says NIA court

India TV News  

The special NIA court that refused bail to 83-year-old Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case has held that prima facie Swamy had hatched a "serious conspiracy" with members of a banned Maoist organisation to create unrest in the country and to overthrow government. Special judge DE Kothalikar, who rejected Swamy's bail plea on Monday, …

Stan Swamy was associated with Maoists trying to overthrow elected govt: Court
3 years, 9 months ago

Stan Swamy was associated with Maoists trying to overthrow elected govt: Court

India Today  

The special NIA court, which rejected the Elgaar Parishad case accused Father Stan Swamy’s bail plea on Monday, had said that the 83-year-old Jesuit priest conspired with Maoists who were trying to overthrow the elected government and seize power through an armed rebellion. The prosecution had also told the court that during a raid at Stan Swamy’s properties in 2018 …

Elgar Parishad case: Special NIA court in Mumbai rejects activist Stan Swamy's bail plea
3 years, 9 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Special NIA court in Mumbai rejects activist Stan Swamy's bail plea

Firstpost  

Mumbai: A special NIA court in Mumbai on Monday rejected the bail plea filed by tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. Additional sessions court judge Judge DE Kothalikar rejected bail pleas of 83-year-old Swamy on merits as well as on medical grounds. The National Investigation Agency had opposed Swamy’s bail plea saying the probe …

Elgaar Parishad case accused Stan Swamy's bail plea rejected
3 years, 9 months ago

Elgaar Parishad case accused Stan Swamy's bail plea rejected

India Today  

The special NIA court in Mumbai has rejected the bail of Father Stan Swamy, 83, a Jesuit priest and activist working with tribals for decades in Jharkhand. Father Stan Swamy is an accused in the Elgaar Parishad case, linked to the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence. Swamy’s lawyer Sharif Shaikh had filed the bail plea on merits of the case as …

Elgar Parishad case: Stan Swamy's bail plea rejected by special NIA court
3 years, 9 months ago

Elgar Parishad case: Stan Swamy's bail plea rejected by special NIA court

India Today  

A special National Investigation Agency court in Mumbai rejected the bail plea filed by 83-year-old tribal rights activist Stan Swamy on Monday. Additional sessions judge DE Kothalikar rejected Swamy’s bail plea, which had been filed on merit, as well as on medical grounds in November 2020. Arguments against bail Arguing against Swamy’s bail plea, the NIA claimed that the investigation …

US Secretary of State to look into case of 83-yr-old priest held in India
3 years, 9 months ago

US Secretary of State to look into case of 83-yr-old priest held in India

India TV News  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that he would look into the case of an 83-year-old Catholic priest, Stan Swamy, held in India on allegations he was linked to Maoists. Responding on Wednesday to a request from a member of the House of Representatives while he was testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Blinken asked for more …

Bhima Koregaon case: Stan Swamy had told NIA about planting of fake evidence, says activist's colleague
3 years, 10 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Stan Swamy had told NIA about planting of fake evidence, says activist's colleague

Firstpost  

Mumbai: Father Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case jailed since October last year, had told the National Investigation Agency on at least four occasions during his interrogation that fake evidence had been planted on his computer, the activist’s colleague Father Solomon said on Tuesday. The press conference was organised in the wake of a report by …

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