He was was arrested under UAPA last year in connection with Elgar Parishad casePolitical leaders and activists on Monday called for accountability over the death of 84-year-old jesuit priest and tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy. “...Lawyers, Academics, Social Activists....raise their voices for the voiceless They too are now “voiceless” The State calls them “ terrorists”,” he tweeted. Stan Swamy’s death was an institutional murder. Modi & Shah have accomplished the custodial killing of the gentle Jesuit social worker Fr Stan Swamy, who spent his life serving the oppressed. CPI (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said he was “deeply pained and outraged” at the death of Fr.

Source: The Hindu July 05, 2021 11:48 UTC