Stan Swamy

Jesuits Protest As 83-Year-Old Stan Swamy In Jail For Over 2 Months

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Thursday December 17, 2020

The Jesuits -- a Roman Catholic order whose members are known for running some of the best educational institutes in the country are protesting the continued jail custody of Father Stan Swamy under the anti-terror law, UAPA, in the Bhima-Koregaon case.

Activist Stan Swamy, 83, Gets Straw, Sipper In Jail After Nearly A Month

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Edited by Debanish Achom | Saturday December 5, 2020

Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old tribal rights activist who suffers from Parkinson's disease and was arrested last month over his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon case, has been given a straw and sipper by Taloja jail authorities, news agency PTI reported his lawyer as saying on Friday.

To Why Stan Swamy, 83, Couldn't Get A Straw, Probe Agency's 10-Point Reply

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Sunday November 29, 2020

Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old tribal rights activist who suffers from Parkinson's disease and was arrested last month over his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon case, couldn't get a straw and sipper for around four weeks because the National Investigation Agency (NIA) didn't have them, the agency has said.

For 20 Days, Stan Swamy, 83, Has Been Asking For A Straw And Sipper

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Thursday November 26, 2020

Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old tribal rights activist arrested last month over his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon case, will have to wait till at least next Friday for a straw and a sipper cup which he needs as a Parkinson's Disease patient and winter clothes.

Arrested Activist, 83, Requests Straw Citing Parkinson's. NIA Wants Time

India News | Written by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday November 7, 2020

Father Stan Swamy, the 83-year-old tribal rights activist arrested last month over his alleged involvement in the Bhima-Koregaon case, cited his Parkinson's condition to ask for a straw and sipper cup to drink fluids; the NIA wants 20 days to respond

NIA Court Rejects Tribal Activist Stan Swamy's Bail Plea

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Friday October 23, 2020

A special NIA court today rejected the bail plea of Stan Swamy, the tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest arrested earlier this month for his alleged involvement in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence in Maharashtra.

"Time To Break The Silence": Opposition Leaders Condemn Stan Swamy's Arrest

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 21, 2020

Opposition leaders on Wednesday expressed solidarity with activist Stan Swamy, who has been charged under the anti-terror law UAPA, and demanded that the stringent law be repealed.

Tribal Rights Activist Stan Swamy's Arrest Unfortunate: Pinarayi Vijayan

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 12, 2020

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday termed as "unfortunate" the arrest of tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest Fr Stan Swamy for his alleged involvement in inciting a mob to violence in Bhima Koregaon near Pune on January 1, 2018.

3 km Human Chain In Bengaluru Against Cleric's Arrest Over Bhima-Koregaon

India News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Monday October 12, 2020

A large number of protestors formed a human chain in Bengaluru today protesting against what they described as "the illegal treatment and arrest of Father Stan Swamy from his residence in Jharkhand by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), falsely implicating him in the Bhima Koregaon case."

Activist Stan Swamy, 83, Sent To Jail Till Oct 23 In Koregaon-Bhima Case

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Edited by Stela Dey | Friday October 9, 2020

83-year-old activist Father Stan Swamy was sent to jail till October 23 by a special court in Mumbai today, a day after his arrest by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the 2018 violence in Maharashtra's Koregaon-Bhima village.

Stan Swamy Sent To Judicial Custody Till October 23 In Bhima-Koregaon Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 9, 2020

A special National Investigative Agency court on Friday remanded 82-year-old human rights activist Father Stan Swamy, arrested in connection with the Elgar Parishad-alleged Maoist links case, in judicial custody till October 23.

Activist Stan Swamy, 83, Arrested By NIA In Koregaon-Bhima Case

India News | Reported by Haribansh Sharma, Manish Kumar, Neeta Sharma, Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday October 9, 2020

An 83-year-old Jesuit priest has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the probe into the 2018 violence in Maharashtra's Bhima Koregaon village.

Activist Gautam Navlakha, Others Get Relief From Arrest Till Tomorrow

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 21, 2018

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday extended the relief by a day from arrest granted to civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha, professor Anand Teltumbde and priest Stan Swamy in a case against them over the Koregaon-Bhima violence and alleged links with Maoists.

In Activists' Arrest, 13 'Maoist' Letters And Multiple Loopholes

India News | Written by Mariyam Alavi, Sreenivasan Jain | Sunday September 9, 2018

Letters and emailspurportedly recovered from activists arrested by Pune police for Maoist links are riddled with inconsistencies and flawed assumptions, an NDTV analysis has found.

"Don't Wish PM Any Ill, Only Wish For True Governance": Father Stan Swamy

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Friday August 31, 2018

An 81-year-old Jesuit priest who was raided by Pune police on Tuesday at his home in Ranchi but not arrested has said activists like him, including the five put under house arrest, only wish for true governance from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and do not wish him any ill.