Fallout of Stan Swamy’s persecution highlighted at release of memoirs It is time for the State to understand the international shame brought to our country by the persecution of the undertrial: Bishop
The State should understand that the persecution of Father Stan Swamy, the Jesuit priest and rights defender who died in judicial custody last month, had brought international shame to the country, Ranchi Auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas has said.
“Father Stan has become an international figure after his death and it is time for the State to understand the international shame brought to our country by the persecution of the undertrial. We hope that the government and the political representatives wake up after this episode,” Bishop Mascarenhas said on Tuesday.
A call to pray for the release of all the Elgaar Parishad accused was sounded after the Requiem Mass for Father Stan Swamy at St Mary’s Cathedral in Ranchi on Saturday.
“We would like to appeal to all to pray that all those accused in the Elgaar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case be released immediately unless the State is able to prove their guilt conclusively,” Ranchi auxiliary Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas said while delivering the homily after the mass, which was broadcast online.
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The Ranchi-based Father Stan an ailing, 84-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist who died in federal custody on July 5 in Mumbai had been held for nine months without bail under the anti-terror law UAPA in the Elgaar Parishad case.