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St. Xavier’s College cancels annual Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture after protest by ABVP
August 10, 2025 8:33 am
The decision came days after the right-wing students’ group wrote to the college administration
NIA had no role in denying Stan Swamy sipper: Former chief blames Uddhav govt
March 21, 2025 7:55 am
Swamy, who was suffering from Parkinson’s disease, had filed bail pleas citing medical grounds which were rejected multiple times. While incarcerated, his health deteriorated and he died on July 5, 2021.
He’s being oppressed like Stan Swamy, BJP could turn Jharkhand into Manipur: A message from Hemant Soren’s wife Kalpana
June 07, 2024 5:56 pm
The post was uploaded on the ex-Jharkhand CM's social media account, now being handled by his wife and MLA-elect Kalpana Soren. Soren is currently in jail
Father Stan Swamy remembered in Bengaluru on second death anniversary
July 07, 2023 11:11 am
Father Frazer Mascarenhas, the former principal of St Xaviers College in Mumbai, in whose care Fr Swamy was in his last days, termed the Jharkhand-based activist as a committed Jesuit and scholar and recalled his activism towards the welfare of the tribal communities.
US-based forensic firm claims digital evidence was 'planted' on Stan Swamy's computer
December 13, 2022 9:39 pm
It was on the basis of these documents that he was first arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case, despite experts raising doubts about the authenticity of the documents.
Resolution seeking independent probe into Father Stan Swamy's death introduced in US Congress
July 06, 2022 11:15 am
India rejected international criticism over the death of Swamy in police custody last year, saying the due process of law was followed; the resolution has been introduced in the US House of Representatives and coincides with the activist's first death anniversary.
Maharashtra: Elgaar case accused observe day-long hunger strike on Stan Swamy's first death anniversary
July 05, 2022 10:06 pm
The accused lodged in Taloja Central Jail in a letter written through activist Sudhir Dhawale to the superintendent said that the hunger strike was to protest Swamy's ‘institutional murder’ resulting from 'lack of proper medical treatment'.
'Sad situation for human rights in India...Father Stan Swamy’s resolve inspires us'
July 03, 2022 7:56 pm
Father Frazer Mascarenhas, the former principal of St Xavier's College in Mumbai and the Parish Priest of St Peter's Church, in whose care Swamy was in his last days, in conversation with Sadaf Modak.
Explained: What is the Martin Ennals Award, the 'human rights Nobel', which honoured Father Stan Swamy?
June 03, 2022 2:17 pm
In a special move this year, the Martin Ennals Foundation posthumously honoured Father Stan Swamy for his "many contributions to human rights". Who was Martin Ennals, and what is the intention of the award?
Father Stan Swamy to be honoured by Geneva human rights foundation on Thursday
June 02, 2022 9:24 am
The award is widely regarded as the Nobel Prize for human rights defenders. The winners this year are Daouda Diallo from Burkina Faso, Pham Doan Trang from Vietnam and Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja of Bahrain.
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Outrage over Father Stan Swamy's death, protests held at several places
July 06, 2021 8:29 pm
Swamy, 84, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, died at a Mumbai hospital on Monday afternoon. He was waiting for interim bail on medical grounds in the case.
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