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  • Buddies & fans bear in mind Father Stan Swamy

    He died ready to be granted bail. He died with the tag, “India's oldest political prisoner.”

  • Geneva-based rights organisation confers posthumous award to Father Stan Swamy

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    BENGALURU: The Martin Ennals Basis, Geneva has conferred the Human Rights Defenders award 2022 to Overdue Father Stanislas Swamy posthumously. “Father Stan used to be nominated to the Award in spring 2021, however he unfortunately gave up the ghost earlier than it might achieve him,” mentioned Chair of the Award Jury, Hans Thoolen.

    The 2022 Martin Ennals Award Rite might be hung on June 2.

    Martin Ennals used to be a British human rights activist who served as Secretary-Common of Amnesty World from 1968 to 1980. He had co-founded the human rights organizations ARTICLE 19, World Alert and HURIDOCS.

    Fr Stan Swamy (1937-2021), the 84-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist who used to be arrested within the Bhima Koregaon case in October 2020, died on July 5 remaining yr. His affiliation with the Indian Social Institute (ISI), Bengaluru is going again to 1975.

    “He used to be director, ISI for 15 years; from 1975 to 1986. Thereafter, he persevered until 1991 as personnel,” stated Director, ISI, Fr Joseph Xavier. He stated that the Martin Ennals Basis has been involved with him for the previous couple of months to get extra main points and pictures of Stan Swamy. “In most cases, the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders honours people and organizations that experience proven remarkable dedication to protecting and selling human rights, in spite of the hazards concerned is given all through their lifetime however in case of Stan, it’s posthumous,” stated Fr Xavier.