IndiaNewsWatch<p>What does the death of a jailed Jesuit priest say about India's democracy under Modi?</p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StanSwamy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StanSwamy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jharkhand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jharkhand</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/adivasis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adivasis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AdivasiRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdivasiRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForestRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForestRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/maoists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maoists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dalits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dalits</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BK16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BK16</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BhimaKoregaonCase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BhimaKoregaonCase</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UAPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UAPA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BJP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BJP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/06/02/1250799690/india-democracy-modi-priest-jail-death" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2024/06/02/1250799690/</span><span class="invisible">india-democracy-modi-priest-jail-death</span></a></p>