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The institutional murder of Father Stan Swamy

The family members and friends of the human rights defenders arrested in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case under draconian UAPA have issued a statement...

Priests, activists, and family mourn death of India’s oldest political prisoner Stan Swamy

Jesuit priests, activists, friends, journalists, and family of Father Stan Swamy have organised a condolence meeting for the "people's priest who became the first martyr of BK-16 prisoners" after he succumbed to death following a year-long imprisonment as an under-trial prisoner under the draconian UAPA in the Elgaar Parishad case.
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“News from India is devastating,” United Nations, European Union on Stan Swamy’s death

The death of renowned activist and Jesuit priest 84 year old Father Stan Swamy, who was arrested, jailed last year under draconian UAPA in connection with the Elgar Parishad case and repeatedly denied bail by courts, has triggered an outrage against Narendra Modi government's investigation agencies and India's draconian anti-terror laws from rights activists, political leaders, intellectuals and community leaders worldwide.

Stan Swamy’s death: CM Hemant Soren holds Union govt responsible

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren condoled the death of renowned activist Father Stan Swamy, an under-trial in the Elgaar Parishad case, and said that the union government should be answerable for absolute apathy and non-provision of timely medical services, leading to his death.
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Stan Swamy’s death: Lawyer demands judicial inquiry, says NIA and Taloja prison responsible

After the death of renowned activist Father Stan Swamy who was arrested under draconian UAPA in the Elgar Parishad case last year, Swamy's lawyer Mihir Desai demanded a judicial inquiry into the matter.

It is the Indian State that killed Stan Swamy: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh

"Who in the apparatus of the Indian state will be held responsible for this tragedy? Make no mistake — it is the Indian state that killed Fr. Stan Swamy, who was such a passionate crusader for social justice" Jairam Ramesh tweeted.
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