The song of a caged bird: A tribute to Fr Stan Swamy
His death is institutional murder by the Indian criminal justice system. 15 hours ago Protestors opposite the church in which Stan Swamy s funeral was being conducted on July 7. | Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
India as a humane democracy stood significantly diminished on the afternoon of July 6, when a staunch defender of Adivasi rights breathed his last breath in a hospital in Bandra, Mumbai. At the time of his death, the 84-year-old Jesuit priest Stanislaus Lourduswamy, popularly known as Father Stan Swamy, was still in judicial custody, charged under the anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967, with participating in a Maoist conspiracy to foment caste violence and assassinate India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A Blood Sacrifice on the Altar of National Consciousness
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وفاة الكاهن اليسوعي الهندي الأب ستان سوامي المعتقل منذ ٩ أشهر
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