October 2020 – Page 6 – free them all

Stand With Stan – National Day of Solidarity (video + pictures)

12/10/2020 Rani

Video: Stand With Stan – National Day of Solidarity

By Jesuit Conference of South Asia

en | 1h | 2020
In response to the arrest of HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS across the country including Fr. Stan Swamy, we are unitedly organized a National Solidarity Day Today (12 October).
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Panaji, Goa: Over 200 Goans converged at the Azad Maidan on Monday evening despite the inclement weather in solidarity and to demand the release of 83-year-old Jesuit priest Fr Stan Swamy, incarcerated in the infamous Bhima Koregao case. Read more

Bangalore, Karnataka: 3 km Human Chain In Bengaluru:A lot of protestors fashioned a human chain in Bengaluru at present towards what they described as “the unlawful therapy and arrest of Father Stan Swamy from his residence in Jharkhand by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA), falsely implicating him within the Bhima Koregaon case.” Read more

Chennai

Ranchi: Over 60 representatives of public organisations and tribal activists staged a hunger strike near tribal icon Birsa Munda’s memorial in Ranchi on Monday to protest against the arrest of 83-year-old Jesuit priest and rights activist Father Stan Swamy while national Opposition leaders condemned the NIA’s October 8 action. Read more

Delhi

Kerala

Father Stan Swamy’s Arrest Is ‘Unfortunate’: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

The Wire / by pti

“It’s against the principles of Indian Constitution to arrest those who raise their voice against the butchering of democratic rights of the tribals,” he said.
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday termed as “unfortunate” the arrest of tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy for his alleged involvement in inciting a mob to violence in Bhima Koregaon near Pune on January 1, 2018.
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Rome, Italy

Video: We Stand With Stan Swami / Protests in Jamshedpur, Patna & Bangalore (pictures)

11/10/2020 Rani

en | 3:28min | 2020

By Karwan e Mohabbat

The NIA arrested the 83-year-old, human rights activist and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy on 8th October, 2020. They have accused him of having active links with Maoists and linked his name with the Bhima Koregaon case. Stan Swamy has spent more than 3 decades fighting for the rights of tribals in Jharkhand. The charges against him are vicious and inhuman.
#WeStandWithStanSwamy
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Protests in Jamshedpur, Patna and Bangalore

11/10/2020

By Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha

Protest in Jamshedpur today by several organisations against Stan Swamy’s arrest and attack on democracy. The main demands were to release Stan and all political prisoners and repeal UAPA, NSA & 124A.

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Protests happening across the country against Stan Swamy’s arrest.
This is Patna, Bihar and Bangalore, Karnataka.

Held by NIA 83-yr-old priest worked for tribals, took on govt policies, and `even the Church´

11/10/2020 Maya

Ranchi, Oct 2020

The Indian Express / by Abhishek Angad

Swamy’s arrest has led to widespread protests in Jharkhand, where he has been based for over two decades. Various civil society groups and activists have criticised this arrest.
Two days before his arrest, Father Stan Swamy, 83, a Jharkhand-based Jesuit priest, human rights activist and writer who was arrested by NIA on Thursday in the Bhima Koregaon case, had in a video statement spoken about his work on displacement, land alienation, rights of gram sabhas and of Adivasis in jail, among other issues.
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83-year-old Catholic priest’s arrest unlocks Church voice

11/10/2020 Rani

83-year-old Catholic priest’s arrest unlocks Church voice

11/10/2020

The Telegraph / by Pheroze L. Vincent

The Catholic Church has condemned the arrest of 83-year-old Catholic priest Stanislaus Lourduswamy (Stan Swamy) on sedition charges and demanded his immediate release.
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, economist Jean Dreze and several Christian groups have added their voice to the chorus of condemnation.
The statement from the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), the apex body of the Catholic Church in the country, stood out for two reasons.
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‘Project to silence dissent’: All India Catholic Union demands activist Stan Swamy’s release

11/10/2020

Scroll.in / by Scroll Staff

The North East Catholic Research Forum said the 83-year-old’s arrest by the National Investigation Agency is ‘selective targeting’.
The All India Catholic Union on Saturday called for immediate release of 83-year-old Jesuit priest and human rights activist Stan Swamy from judicial custody in the Bhima Koregaon case and expressed concern over his poor health amid the coronavirus crisis.
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Mangaluru: AICU demands immediate release of Fr Stan Swamy

10/10/2020

Daijiworld / by AICU

Media Release
Mangaluru, Oct 10: The All India Catholic Union (AICU) has called for the immediate release of 83 year old Jesuit Fr Stan Swamy who was arrested from his Ranchi room in a night operation by the National Investigating Agency and is now in prison in Judicial Custody till October 23, 2020.
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