Vigils and protests continue in India over the passing of 84-year-old Jesuit priest Stan Swamy. Leaders from the US and United Nations have expressed concern about his death in an Indian prison. Swamy was the oldest person accused of terrorism there, based on evidence that’s been discredited. Now, as The World’s Rupa Shenoy reports, activists in India hope the international pressure will force the release of other jailed activists.
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