By Rhea Mogul, Swati Gupta and Esha Mitra, CNN
Updated 1:44 PM ET, Tue July 6, 2021
Catholic priests and nuns protest against the arrest of Stan Swamy in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on October 21, 2020.
New Delhi (CNN)The death in India of an octogenarian human rights activist who was denied bail even as his health deteriorated in prison has sparked anger across the country, with critics decrying the government s alleged misuse of anti-terrorism laws.
Jesuit priest Stan Swamy died age 84 on Monday at the Holy Family Hospital in a Mumbai suburb after suffering cardiac arrest, his doctor told the Bombay High Court later that day. The court was hearing an urgent plea for bail on medical grounds, which Swamy was earlier denied in March.
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