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 of Nobel laureates, European Union parliamentarians and human rights activists had demanded the release of Fr Stan Swamy and the rest of the prisoners. Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights, said, “I am very saddened to hear that Fr.

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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 …

Justice Madan B. Lokur: ‘The special court failed in its duty’
3 years, 5 months ago

Justice Madan B. Lokur: ‘The special court failed in its duty’

The Hindu  

Justice Madan B. Lokur, a former judge of the Supreme Court, was among those who expressed outrage at Fr Stan Swamy’s wanton death in judicial custody. Excerpts from the interview: Many individuals, and political parties, have reacted strongly to the circumstances leading to Fr Stan Swamy’s death, and some have even called it a judicial-custodial murder. While rejecting bail, the …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

'Father Stan Swamy Was A Long Standing Activist' : UN Body Mourns His Death In Custody; Urges India To Release Persons Detained Without Legal Basis
3 years, 6 months ago

'Father Stan Swamy Was A Long Standing Activist' : UN Body Mourns His Death In Custody; Urges India To Release Persons Detained Without Legal Basis

Live Law  

Today, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged India to release every person detained without a sufficient legal basis, including those arrested simply for expressing critical or dissenting views. "In light of the continued, severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is even more urgent that States, including India, release every person detained without a sufficient legal basis, including …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

We Don’t Have a Sipper For Stan Swamy: NIA Responds After 20 Days
4 years, 1 month ago

We Don’t Have a Sipper For Stan Swamy: NIA Responds After 20 Days

The Quint  

Swamy has been lodged in the Taloja Central Jail in Maharashtra. Other than his Parkinson’s, father Stan Swamy has also almost lost hearing in both his ears and has fallen down in jail multiple times. A special NIA court, had last month, denied Swamy's bail application which was filed on medical grounds. The NIA had at the time opposed bail, …

Afflicted with Parkinson's disease, 83-year-old Stan Swamy's wait for straw, sipper gets longer
4 years, 1 month ago

Afflicted with Parkinson's disease, 83-year-old Stan Swamy's wait for straw, sipper gets longer

India Today  

The National Investigative Agency on Thursday told a special court that they are not in possession of the straw and sipper of Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old Parkinson's disease patient and activist who was arrested for his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon case. Citing unsteady hands owing to Parkinson's disease, the 83-year-old had filed a petition on November 6 seeking …

Bhima Koregaon: Court remands Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, 83, in custody till October 23
4 years, 3 months ago

Bhima Koregaon: Court remands Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, 83, in custody till October 23

India Today  

Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old Jesuit priest from Jharkhand, was arrested by the NIA in a raid late on Thursday night. Father Swamy is the oldest out of 16 people taken into custody in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence and is likely the oldest person to be charged under the Unlawful Activities Act. In its chargesheet filed against eight people …

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