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Stan Swamy, S.J., in the hospital (Courtesy of Radio Veritas Asia)
Stan Swamy, S.J., has tested positive for Covid-19, two weeks after the Jesuits in India suspected that he had been infected with the coronavirus and appealed to the court to grant the octogenarian priest temporary release on bail so that he could receive urgent medical treatment. The priest, who for four decades defended the rights of India’s most impoverished and outcast people, has been languishing in a Mumbai prison on allegedly trumped-up charges of sedition since October.
On May 21, Father Swamy refused the apparent willingness of the judges to move him to a hospital of his choosing for medical care, saying that he would rather die in prison than be moved to a hospital. He insisted that he instead be released on bail and allowed to return to his home at Bagaicha, the Jesuit social action center in Ranchi, Jharkhand, about 1,000 miles from Mumbai. Mihir Desai, his senior advocate, requested an adjournment so
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Having graduation ceremonies IRL (in real life) is a major thing we were missing during the pandemic. My heart goes out to the class of 2020 and anyone who missed out that special experience. Nothing beats sitting in a football stadium on a scorching hot day surrounded by your fellow classmates as you wait for your name to be called. Then you proudly march up to the stage and redeem that piece of paper that is so rightfully yours. Graduations through a computer screen simply aren t the same. At any rate, we re moving onward and upward and are thrilled to see that in-person graduation ceremonies are back.
Elgar Parishad Case: Activist Stan Swamy Tests Positive For Coronavirus Elgar Parishad Case: Activist Stan Swamy Tests Positive For Coronavirus Elgar Parishad Case: Stan Swamy was tested at the private hospital and his result came out positive for the coronavirus on Sunday, his lawyer Mihir Desai said.
Updated: May 31, 2021 10:52 am IST
Stan Swamy had been in the Taloja prison hospital since his arrest in the case in October 2020.
Mumbai:
Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, has tested positive for coronavirus.
Stan Swamy, 84, who is suffering from Parkinson s disease and several other ailments, was shifted from the Taloja prison in neighbouring Navi Mumbai to the Holy Family Hospital on May 28, following the Bombay High Court s orders.