Topic: UAPA
Father Stan Swamy tests positive for COVID-19
The 84-year-old Jesuit priest and an under-trial prisoner in the Bhima Koregaon case, Father Stan Swamy, 84, tested COVID-19 positive at the Holy Family Hospital on Sunday.
Thousand days, no evidence; Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan remains in jail
Calls are growing for the immediate release of Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan, who on May 25th (Tuesday) completed 1000 days in prison. Journalists and activists in Kashmir and globally have urged the authorities to free Sultan who they say is being punished for doing journalism.
Father Stan Swamy takes a stand
Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ
It was quintessential Stan! In a manner that has come to characterize him, Jesuit Fr Stan Swamy told the Bombay High...
I will die if this goes on, Stan Swamy tells Bombay High Court
Jailed human rights defender Stan Swamy on Friday told the Bombay High Court that he did not wish to be admitted to a hospital, and urged the court to consider his request for interim bail, legal website Bar and Bench reported.
‘Cannot rule out deadly black fungus possibility’ claims Hany Babu’s lawyer in court, Bombay HC orders to shift Hany Babu to private hospital
In the petition, counsels of Hany Babu claimed that his eye infection would be a possible Mucormycosis, also known as "black fungus", is a rare but serious infection, which has been found in several COVID-19 patients, since he has tested for coronavirus.
“Our loved ones were being forced to live in inhuman conditions during pandemic,” family & friends of BK-16
Family members and comrades of the accused in Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, serving as under-trial prisoners in Mumbai’s Taloja and Byculla jails, demanded the release of all political prisoners at a virtual press conference on Saturday. Their exhortation comes due to a lack of healthcare workers to treat the inmates during the pandemic.
