Stan Swamy
Indian Roman Catholic priest and tribal rights activist
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Fr. Stan Lourduswamy S.J., popularly known as Stan Swamy, born 26 April 1937, is an Indian Roman Catholic priest, a member of the Jesuit order, and a tribals rights activist for several decades. On 8 October 2020, he was arrested and chargesheeted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for his alleged role in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence and links to the Communist Party of India (Maoist). Stan Swamy is the oldest person to be accused of terrorism in India. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan have both demanded justice for Fr. Stan Swamy.
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Stan Swamy given straw, sipper by jail authorities: His lawyerThe advocate of activist Father Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, on Friday told a special court here that Swamy has been given a straw and sipper by the Taloja jail..IndiaTimes - Published | |
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83-year-old priest Stan Swamy’s wait for sipper & straw gets longerIn a plea seeking bail, 83-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist, father Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad case, has told the special NIA court that working for undertrials who..IndiaTimes - Published | |
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