What does the death of a jailed Jesuit priest say about India's democracy under Modi?

Stan Swamy had recently published a study of 3,000 people jailed for being members of banned Maoist groups. He found that 97% of them had no such affiliation and that many of their trials were held without lawyers, in a language they didn't understand. He'd filed a case on their behalf in the state court of Jharkhand, where he lived. All of this had embarrassed the government, he said.

#StanSwamy #jharkhand #adivasis #AdivasiRights #ForestRights #maoists #dalits #BK16 #BhimaKoregaonCase #HumanRights #UAPA #BJP #india

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/02/1250799690/india-democracy-modi-priest-jail-death

Time to repeal UAPA in a country boasting to be a democracy

'A country boasting to be a democracy cannot have a vague and draconian law like UAPA, which is only used to frame activists, political opponents and critiques of the state,' writes Banjyotsna Lahiri.

#UAPA #DraconianLaws #dissent #PressFreedom #PoliticalPrisoners #UmarKhalid #StanSwamy #HumanRights #democracy #india

https://www.telegraphindia.com/elections/lok-sabha-election-2024/time-to-repeal-uapa-in-a-country-boasting-to-be-a-democracy-says-activist/cid/2020348

While A Journalist Spends Time in Jail For Doing His Duty, An Old, Ailing Man Even Unable To Even Sip Water & Dies Behind Bars, What happened to Article 21? Justice Rekha Sharma

During the seminar hosted today by Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) at ISIL, Delhi, former Delhi High Court Judge Rekha Sharma lamented that the Supreme Court has lost its credibility in the eyes of the public. She further expressed concerns that while powerful people are getting bail "on experimental basis", commoners are "withering away unwept, unheard and unsung".

#JusticeRekhaSharma #IndianJudiciary #SupremeCourt #BhimaKoregaonCase #StanSwamy #BK16 #UmarKhalid #article21 #article32 #HemantSoren #india

https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/cjar-seminar-former-delhi-hc-judge-rekha-sharma-bench-fixing-electoral-bonds-khalid-250414

The Elgar Parishad 16 Must Not Be Forgotten

The case represents what the government can do to well-meaning people who speak up against atrocities, and who stand up for the weak and dispossessed. For this reason alone, they are seen as enemies of the state and kept in prison for as long as the government can manage, writes Aakar Patel.

#maharashtra #BK16 #BhimaKhoregaon #dalits #activism #CasteViolence #UAPA #StanSwamy #UnionGovt #law #DraconianLaws #BJP #india

https://thewire.in/rights/bhima-koregaon-16-must-not-be-forgotten

On the road to 2047, the state of our democracy cannot be a distant concern

Even as our society and nation lurch towards a future in which even the rudimentary semblances of democracy and decency are defied, we are increasingly witness to a shrinking support base of persons who can struggle and assert the need for these indispensable norms.

#democracy #FreedomOfSpeech #MediaFreedom #RightToProtest #UAPA #BK16 #CAA #BilkisBano #ZakiaJafri #StanSwamy #ElgarParishad #CivilRights #HumanRights #india

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india75-looking100-on-the-road-to-2047-the-state-of-our-democracy-cannot-be-a-distant-concern-8497338/

The Trojan solved the Bhima Koregaon case!

How proper file, malware, and memory forensics techniques were able to catch the ModifiedElephant threat actor planting incriminating evidence on defendants' computers in India.

#BhimaKoregaon #StanSwamy #RonaWilson #BK16 #ArsenalConsulting #NetWire #trojan #democracy #HumanRights #CyberSecurity #ComputerForensics #india

https://anchorednarratives.substack.com/p/the-trojan-solved-the-bhima-koregaon

Ajaz Ashraf: Killing Father Stan with lies

Stan had, during interrogation, claimed that the evidence against him was ‘interpolated’, as he wrote in his book I Am Not A Silent Spectator; but NIA did not believe him. Now a forensic firm has confirmed it.

#StanSwamy #BK16#BhimaKoregaon #UAPA #NIA #MastIndia #india

https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/killing-father-stan-with-lies-23262292

NIA may be suppressing probe findings: Stan Swamy's lawyer Mihir Desai

#StanSwamy #BhimaKoregaon #BK16 #NIA #MastIndia #India

https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/nia-may-be-suppressing-probe-findings-stan-swamys-lawyer-mihir-desai-23261933

The hacker gained full access to Swamy's computer and dropped several files into a hidden folder, according to the report

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https://www.boomlive.in/news/stan-swamy-laptop-evidence-malware-attack-bhima-koregaon-case-nia-pune-police-20409?utm_medium=Social__TW_Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1671034019