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Swamy and Friends
Stan Swamy has been a thorn against the establishment for decades. He has always stood on the side of the Adivasis of Jharkhand whose plight he understands well. His methods have always been peaceful – often making use of the vehicle of Public Interest Litigation. Yet, now the government – through the NIA – has arrested and jailed Stan Swamy for conspiring to incite violence in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon episode and of being a part of the banned CPI (Maoist) party.
This is a now a constant tired trope of the government which has resulted in 15 other folks of the Elgar Parishad being put behind bars. Keeping Stan locked up is another brazen attempt of the ruling puppet-regime to have a free hand to do the bidding of their corporate masters.
A polite, soft-spoken and gentle man from Tamil Nadu, for the past 30 years Mr Swamy has dedicated his life to attempting to draw attention to the plight of Jharkhand’s Adivasis. His grassroots activism has been especially important during India’s take off and ongoing post-1990 neo-liberalization rampage. Tribal people have traditionally lived off their lands, and in sharp contrast with western ‘individual’ property rights frameworks – make their living collectively off of their ancestral lands. This has been in tension against the requirement of soulless corporate mining giants, and the need of India’s expanding middle class for natural resources including hydro-electric power.
Recognising all this, activists in the mid -90s secured important legislative constitutional concession to the 5th Schedule in the PESA Act that mandated governments to decentralise any and all decision making – and especially related to land and resource extraction in tribal areas, down to the actual populations whose lives such ‘development’ purported to impact.
All Stan has been working for is that legislation to be actually implemented in spirit and practice. Based in Bagaicha, a suburban outpost in Namkum of Ranchi district, Jharkhand, he has dedicated himself to advocating for the lawful rights of displaced citizens of the region.
In practice, this has not only meant fighting for the correct implementation of PESA and the 1993 Samatha Judgement, but also to fight – through letters from the ground, and research based PILs (using RTI painstakingly logged with each police station) for the release of thousands, with specific court injunctions to release 102 incarcerated undertrials – some locked away for more than 4 years unable to afford legal representation.
In the eloquent words of Stan Swamy’s research team:
“All this is part of the gross misuse of the criminal justice system by the state which favours only the rich and powerful to the detriment of the poor and downtrodden, and is now more and more unscrupulously in favour of the take-over of the economically poorest people’s land and the nation’s resources by both multinational and domestic corporates (corporatization). At the local level there are certain vested interests that act hand-in-glove with the police to foist such fake cases against innocent people with whom they might have some scores to settle. It is also evident that in the current system, justice remains very much beyond the means of most of those who have been falsely accused.” (Page 3, second paragraph)
Among his constituency, Stan Swamy is admired more so because he checks his ego at the door, not attempting to become a leader, remaining grounded while never hijacking the leadership of the communities he so passionately is dedicated to improve the lives of. A genuine facilitator for leaderless movements, the government hates his guts because Stan is the opposite of what the egotistical people at the top of our corrupt kleptocracy stand for.
The NIA is a sub-optimal governmental front whose unfortunate mission is to deploy (our) taxpayer funded state force against its own citizens. Its sorry signature move seems to be getting away with evidence-free claims that movement X is a front for organisation Y. In Stan’s case, their wild assertion (#13, Page 3) is that as a convenor of Persecuted Prisoners’ Solidarity Committee (PPSC), Stan is fronting for the CPI (Maoist). It needs to be emphasised here – not for the first time – that the courts have repeatedly ruled that mere possession of literature or even association (#32) with an organization does not constitute grounds (#20 to #30) for filing charges and is all protected under Article 19(1).
It is the NIA that is in contempt of court and the entire lot should be penalised to the fullest extent of the law. Not unsurprisingly, the NIA tried an identical move before – in 2008 they charged that an anti-displacement movement across Jharkhand called Visthapan Virodhi Jan Vikas Andolan, was – you guessed it – a front for CPI (M) till a court, 10 years later, threw the poorly made-out case out saying “the prosecution failed to bring home the charges levelled against the accused”.
It’s very likely that the city-slickers and career bureaucrats forming the backbone of the NIA have no real understanding of the word “andolan” and they can’t seem to be able to draw that distinction (#40, Page 3).
So, the government is terrified of an 83 year old man. A person with Parkinson’s disease, and hearing loss and chronic lower abdominal pain caused by two prior hernia surgeries is who the home ministry would like out of their way. And so Father Stan Swamy ended up spending the Christmas of 2020 in jail. Today, housed since October 9th, 2020 in Taloja jail’s hospital/dispensary section, he has been denied a straw and subject to cruel delays on the flimsiest technical grounds.
That the NIA and their overlords – the government – do not care about Swamy is a given. What should not be, is that we – the people – on whose wider behalf Stan has been waging a multi-decades long battle, fail to see this unjust cruel incarceration for what it is: a message from the unrepresentative fascist regime (after all they only represent 37% of us [See results by alliance and party]), to keep silent or else.
It’s a message to our cozy selves sitting in urban centres not to be too bothered for wealth made on the backs of millions of our own invisible, displaced and highly exploited fellow citizens in places with names such as Bokaro, Koderma and Santhal Parganas. We should reject this poorly disguised threat from the government to our freedoms. For if we do not stand up for Stan Swamy and friends, the government will one day soon, come for us.
Petition launched by Socialist Party (India)
Endorsed by:
1. Venkatesh Narayanan, Software Technology Management Professional; B.Tech IIT Bombay; MS Syracuse University, NY
2. Sandeep Pandey, PhD, UC Berkeley; Visiting Faculty, IIT Kanpur, IIT Gandhinagar, BHU Varanasi, IIM Ahmedabad
3. Lubna Sarwath, PhD and Former Visiting Lecturer, Trisakti University, Jakarta, Indonesia
4. Bobby Ramakant, Citizen News Service
5. Shreekumar, PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; taught at National Institute of Technology Karnataka
6. Surabhi Agarwal, MPhil, Hyderabad University
| 7. A H Nayyar, Islamabad, Pakistan, Retired professor |
| 8. Aakar Patel, Bangalore , Columnist |
| 9. Aaris Mohammed, Hyderabad, Center for Social and Constitutional Studies |
| 10. Aastha Dhiman, Ahmedabad , Student/MBA/IIMA |
| 11. Abbasali Kerawala, Mumbai, Service |
| 12. Acharyasri Dr. Sachidananda Bharathi , Kochi , Acharya-guru, Dharma Bharathi Ashram |
| 13. Aditya Vikram , Chandigarh , Social worker |
| 14. Adrian Correa , Mumbai , Retired |
| 15. Afzal Ahmad Khan , Lucknow India, Retired |
| 16. AJC Bose, New Delhi, Shri Ram College of Commerce |
| 17. Ajitkumar Kanan , Toronto , Ontario clean water agency |
| 18. Akhtar, New York-U.S.A, |
| 19. Alex Dmello, Mumbai, SOUL |
| 20. Alex Sequeira , Bangalore, Ibm |
| 21. Alka Hingorani, Mumbai, Professor |
| 22. Allen, Mumbai , Service |
| 23. Alok Laddha, Chennai , Faculty |
| 24. Amanda, Bangalore, Regional Manager – sales & ops |
| 25. Amarendra Pandey, Gandhinagar, Education |
| 26. Amit Bhaduri, Dharwad-2, Karnataka, Resigned fro resigned from emeritus professorship at JNU in 2020. |
| 27. Amit Singh, Powai, Faculty, IIT Bombay |
| 28. Amitabha Basu, New Delhi, Retired scientist, CSIR-NPL, New Delhi |
| 29. Amitprakash Singh, Ghaziabad., Delhi union of journalists. |
| 30. Amritlal Toppo, Ambikapur , Aministration, Social worker |
| 31. Anil Dsouza , Mumbai, Logistics Manager |
| 32. Anita Rampal, new delhi, educationist |
| 33. Anjor Bhaskar, Delhi, Teacher |
| 34. Ankit Goyal, Chandigarh, Chemical Engineer |
| 35. Anna Correa, Mumbai, Principal |
| 36. Annie John, Kolkaths, Holy crosd |
| 37. Antara Banerjee, Kolkata, Service |
| 38. Anthony Raj, Bolpur , Priest |
| 39. Anurag Parvekar, Pune, NA |
| 40. Arnab, Jamshedpur , Research |
| 41. Arul Susai, Kohima, Educator |
| 42. Arun Khote, Lucknow (UP), PMARC |
| 43. Ashim Jain, USA, |
| 44. Ashim K Mukherjee, Varanasi, Retired Professor, IIT-BHU |
| 45. Ashley Fernandez, Kanpur, Teacher |
| 46. Ashok, Bangalore, |
| 47. Ashok Maridas, Bangalore, Media |
| 48. Asmina Venkatesh, Mumbai, |
| 49. Averyl Dsa Saldanha, Chennai, |
| 50. Avinash Noronha, Kanpur, |
| 51. Bernard Rodrigues, Mumbai, Mariner |
| 52. Bharati M, New Delhi, Freelance graphic designer |
| 53. Bhargav, Chhattisgarh, Associate |
| 54. Bibiana Dsouza, Mumbai, |
| 55. Br Sunil Britto CFC, Nongpoh, Meghalaya, Christian Brothers |
| 56. Brinda Adige, Bengaluru, Active Patriotic Citizen |
| 57. Catriona Devlin, Melbourne, Australia, BRIGIDINE SISTERS |
| 58. Cedric Prakash, Ahmedabad, Human Rights and Peace Activist |
| 59. Chakradhar, Vizag, |
| 60. Chhotebhai, Kanpur, National ConvenorIndian Catholic Forum |
| 61. Chintan Patel, Baroda , NA |
| 62. Christi Kujur, Bhopal, Teacher/ Campion school |
| 63. Chrys, Pune, tax |
| 64. Clary Saldanha, Netherland, Software developer |
| 65. Colette D’Souza, India , Service |
| 66. Cyrik Desbruslais, Pune, Retired Professor of Philosophy |
| 67. Daisy , Switzerland , Sisters of the cross |
| 68. Denauld Rodrigues, Mumbai, Service |
| 69. Denis Daniel, Jabalpur, M.P. India, Retired editor, Radio Vatican, Vatican City. |
| 70. Devahi Selina, Hyderabad, Student |
| 71. Devika J, Kerala, Feminist historian |
| 72. Diana Christian, Ahmedabad, Job |
| 73. Dimple Oberoi Vahali, Shimla, Independent Activist |
| 74. Divya Bhatt, Bangalore, Film maker |
| 75. Dominic Emmanuel , Austria , Columnist |
| 76. Dominic Warwale, Mumbai, LIC Agency |
| 77. Dr Bharat Vatwani, Mumbai, Psychiatrist |
| 78. Dr K Babu Rao, Hyderabad, Former Scientist |
| 79. Dr Shilanand Hemraj,PhD, D.Lit, Bengaluru, |
| 80. Dr Smitha Bharat Vatwani, Mumbai, Psychiatrist |
| 81. Dr Tr. Yadav, Lucknow, IAP |
| 82. Dr. Brijesh Kumar Rai, Guwahati, Teaching and Research, Former faculty at IIT Guwahati |
| 83. Dulcine Lobo, Pune, Maharashtra, Teacher |
| 84. Edward , Pune, Professor |
| 85. Ekta Tomar, New Delhi, Law Student, National Law University Delhi |
| 86. EliammaThomas scc, Kandhamal district Odisha , Teaching |
| 87. Eric, Goa, Retired |
| 88. Errol Correa , Pune, Retired |
| 89. Eugene Lobo, Pune, Maharashtra, Concerned citizen of India |
| 90. Flory Menzes, pune, advocate |
| 91. Fr Joseph Chandy, Saint Joseph’s high School, Porbandar, Teacher |
| 92. Fr. Gilbert Aranha, Mysore, Catholic Priest |
| 93. Fr. Jimmy Koottala, Eichstaett, Germany, Catholic Priest |
| 94. Fr. Sangeeth Raj SJ , Bhiwadi Rajasthan , Principal |
| 95. Francis , Mumbai, Service |
| 96. Francis George , Bangalore, Wonderla – General Manager |
| 97. Francis X Clooney, Cambridge, MA, Professor, Harvard University |
| 98. Francis Xavier Soren, Jamshedpur, |
| 99. Frederick Pinto, Goa, Retired |
| 100. Gabriele Dietrich, Madurai,T.N., Professor (retd.) |
| 101. George, Ahmedabad, |
| 102. George Pulikuthiyil, Kerala, Human Rights Lawyer |
| 103. George Varghese, Sirsi, Farmer |
| 104. Ghanshyam Shah, Ahmedabad, Academic Social Research |
| 105. Ginny Shrivastava, Udaipur, Rajasthan, |
| 106. Godfrey DLima, Nandurbar, NGO |
| 107. Gregory Cedric Fernandes , Mumbai , Agni mumbai |
| 108. Gurumoorthy, Bangalore, Community service |
| 109. H. Kala, Nagpur, Social worker |
| 110. Harbans Mukhia , Gurgaon , Retired Professor and Rector, JNU |
| 111. Harry Kerr, Melbourne, Australia, Pax Christi Australia. |
| 112. Hasan Abdullah, Delhi, |
| 113. Hozefa Ujjaini, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, |
| 114. Huma, USA , Professor |
| 115. Sr. Adel Thomas UMI, Kannur District, Kerala State, I am a religious sister and feel convinced of the right cause for which Stan Swamy was working so far |
| 116. Inamul Hasan, Chennai, Activist |
| 117. Irene, Ahmedabad, Retired |
| 118. Isaac Gomes, Kolkata, Freelance Translator |
| 119. Isabella, Chennai, Home maker |
| 120. J Siqueira, INDIA, NIL |
| 121. Jabir, Ahmedabad, Jamaat e Islami Hind |
| 122. Jacob Joshy, Alappuzha, Samajwadi Jan Parishad |
| 123. Jagdish Parmar, Bangalore, Priest |
| 124. Jagmohan Singh, Ludhiana Punjab, Assosiation For Democratic Rights Punjab & AIFRTE |
| 125. Jaikumar Radhakrishnan, Mumbai, Computer Scientist, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
| 126. Jan Tauro, MUMBAI BORIVALI, RETIRED |
| 127. Jayant, Varanasi , social |
| 128. Jayanti Panchal, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Trade unionist |
| 129. Jayati Ghosh, USA, University of Massachusetts at Amherst |
| 130. John Dayal , Delhi, Writer and activist |
| 131. John Kurien, Trivandrum, Professor |
| 132. Jomy Jolly Elanjykal, Kerala, Candle manufacturer |
| 133. Joseph Mattam, Anklav, Anand Dt, Jesuit, emeritus prof. |
| 134. Joseph Michael Fernandes , Oros, Sindhudurg- Maharashtra, Teacher |
| 135. Joseph Prabhakar Dayam, Hyderabad , Professor |
| 136. Joseph Thomas , Kerala, Teacher |
| 137. Joshua, Karnataka, Engineer |
| 138. Joy C. L. , Kuriachira, Thrissur, Kerala, Retired Central Government servant |
| 139. Joyce Satyan, Bengaluru, Home Maker |
| 140. Junita Gaukwad, Mumbai, Teachet |
| 141. Jyoti Rai, Mawaiya, Lucknow, Student, LLB |
| 142. K Babu Rao, Hyderabad, Former Chief Scientist |
| 143. K V Thomas Ph D, Thiruvananthapuram, Scientist (Rtd), National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 144. K.P. Sasi, Bangalore, Film Maker |
| 145. Kalyanus Minj, Ambikapur, Asst. Professor |
| 146. Kanubhai Parmar , Anand , Kindly release Fr Stan Swamy he is totally innocent |
| 147. Kausharali Saiyed, Ahmedabad, Socialist Party India |
| 148. Kavita Ramanan, Boston, Professor |
| 149. Keerti, Delhi, |
| 150. Ketan, Ahmedabad, IIM Ahmedabad |
| 151. Kevin Alex, Bangalore, |
| 152. Khalid Azam, California, USA, |
| 153. Kiran , Canada , Manager |
| 154. Koel Das, Kolkata, IISER Kolkata |
| 155. Konrad Noronha, Pune, Jesuits |
| 156. Koshy AV, Jazan, |
| 157. Krunal, Bangalore, Educator |
| 158. Krupali, Gujarat, |
| 159. Lalita, Kanpur, Home maker |
| 160. Lara D’Souza, Mangalore, Chartered Accountant |
| 161. Leena Pascal, Bengaluru, Nurture International School |
| 162. Lenny Abrao, Kochi, Paul Abrao Agencies Pvt. Ltd. |
| 163. Lima rose, Kolkata, Sisters of the Cross of Kolkata Province |
| 164. Lucile Kuriakose, Mumbai, Retired teacher |
| 165. Lydia Joseph , Kalyan, Teacher |
| 166. Lydia Sebastian , Bangalore , Service |
| 167. M. Ananda Mohan, USA, Professor of Electrical Engineering |
| 168. Madhu Bhaduri, Delhi, Retired Ambassador of India |
| 169. Mainaki Joseph , Chicago, IL, |
| 170. Malay Bhattacharyya, Bangalore, Professor, IIM Bangalore |
| 171. Malcolm Sequeira, Pune , Diocese of Poona |
| 172. Mallika Sarabhai, Ahmedabad, Darpana |
| 173. Mamta Bisht, Panchkula, Haryana, Teacher |
| 174. Manish, London, |
| 175. Manohar.R, Bangalore, Human Rights Defenders Alert South India |
| 176. Manoj Kumar Jha, New Delhi, Member of Parliament |
| 177. Manoj T , Manoj T Sarang, Retired Govt Employee |
| 178. Manshi Asher, Himachal Pradesh, Social & environmental activist |
| 179. Maria , Bangalore , Sochara |
| 180. Maria Pereira, Pune, Ramwadi, Cloistered Carmel |
| 181. Mark Dsouza, Mumbai, |
| 182. Mark Thomson , Australia , Retired/AusAID |
| 183. Marshal Xavier , Gandhinagar , Teacher, St. Xavier’s school Gandhinagar |
| 184. Marshall Mendonza, Mumbai, Nil |
| 185. Mary Lobo, Mysore , Care taker |
| 186. Maximin, Goa, Housewife |
| 187. Medea, Vietnam, Teacher |
| 188. Melba Lopes, SCJ, 105 Koregaon park, humanitarian work |
| 189. Melwin Mendonca SJ , Kalaburagi , Teacher |
| 190. Mercy George, Chennai, Teacher |
| 191. Mercy Kappen, Bangalore, Social Work |
| 192. Mercy Francis , Community Health Centre Maner .Patna, Social Acttivist /Forum for Peace and Justice |
| 193. Merwyn D’Souza, Goa , Business |
| 194. Michael G, Vasai 401203, Priest |
| 195. Michael Longfield, golconda IL, |
| 196. Mir Ali, Hyderabad, Self Employed |
| 197. Mirza Sajid Baig advocate, Hyderabad, advocate |
| 198. ML Satyan, Bengaluru, NGO Consultant and Freelance Journalist |
| 199. Mohammad Imran, Lucknow, UP and Ringwood, NJ, USA, Retired Professional Engineer |
| 200. Mohammed Mukhtar, Shoranur, Kerala, Chief Technical Officer, CargoMate |
| 201. Mohankumar, Vellore, Vet |
| 202. Mohini Mullick, New Delhi, Faculty retired IITKanpur |
| 203. Mohsin Alikha, USA, Retired |
| 204. Monica Yadav, Delhi, Student |
| 205. Muniza Khan, Varanasi, Researcher, Gandhian Institute of Studies |
| 206. N J Rao, Bangalore, Retired |
| 207. N S Mukunda, Bengaluru, Consultant |
| 208. Naazish Shah, Mumbai , Teacher/ Advocate |
| 209. Nagabhushan V, Bengaluru, |
| 210. Nandita Narain, Delhi, Delhi University |
| 211. Navdeep Mathur, Ahmedabad, IIM |
| 212. Navdeep Mathur, Ahmedabad, IIM |
| 213. Neves Braganza, Goa, India, Retired Army Officer. |
| 214. Nilkantha Mandal, West Bengal, Student, Social Activist |
| 215. Nirmala, Italy, Religious |
| 216. Nirmala Macwan, ANAND, GUJARAT, Teaching |
| 217. Nisha Biswas, Kolkata, |
| 218. Olvin Sohanlal , Agra , |
| 219. P.Laxmam, Mattampally, Lecturer |
| 220. Pansy Reilly, Mumbai, Housewife |
| 221. Paul Chirayath , Bengaluru , |
| 222. Pervin Jehangir, mumbai, Social Work |
| 223. Peter D’Cruz, Pune, Maharashtra., Educator |
| 224. Philip Joseph, USA, Physician |
| 225. Philip Terrasa, Andheri MUMBAI, Psychological Counsellor |
| 226. Poornima, Shahjahanpur, Medical teacher |
| 227. Prabodh Jamwal, Jammu, Journalism |
| 228. Prafulla Samantara, Bhubaneswar, Lokshakti Abhiyan |
| 229. Prajit K. Basu, Hyderabad, Retired Teacher |
| 230. Prasad Chacko, Ahmedabad, Independent Consultant |
| 231. Pratap Antony, Secunderabad, Telangana, Freelance writer |
| 232. Prem Chandavarkar, Bengaluru, |
| 233. Prem Prakash Verma, Ranchi, Jharkhand, Jharkhand Nagrik Prayas |
| 234. Prema, Assam, Social worker |
| 235. Prithvi R Sharma, California, USA, Medical Doctor |
| 236. Priyanka Preet , Lucknow , Student |
| 237. Prof. Varun Arya, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, Former President, IIT Delhi Alumni Association |
| 238. Prof.Mohan Rao, Bangalore, Independent public health researcher |
| 239. Pushpa Louis, Nagpur, Sisters of the Good Shepherd |
| 240. R N Biswas, Dadri, U.P., Shiv Nadar University |
| 241. Rahul Balakrishnan, Shubham Jinn, Agacaim, Goa, NGO |
| 242. Rahul Basu, Goa, |
| 243. Rajan Desai, Vadodara, Self-employed |
| 244. Rajeev CJ, Angamaly, Kerala, India, Web Developer |
| 245. Rajinder Chaudhary, haryana, Former Professor of Economics, MD University, Rohtak |
| 246. Ram Puniyani , Mumbai, Center for study of society and secularism |
| 247. Ramarao jonnalagadda , Guntur , Retired |
| 248. Ramesh Sreekantan , Bangalore , Mathematician/Indian statistical institute |
| 249. Rani Dominic , Bangalore , Home maker |
| 250. Ranjan Solomon, Goa, Researcher-Consultant |
| 251. Ranjan Solomon, Goa, Consultant |
| 252. Ranjani Ramachandran, Santiniketan , Assistant Professor, Sangit Bhavana, Visva Bharati |
| 253. Ranjit Pradhan, Nashik , Entrepreneur |
| 254. Rashmitha T.J., Hyderabad, |
| 255. Rasmi Ranjan Jena, Bhubaneswar, Advocate |
| 256. Ravi Prakash, ranchi, iisc |
| 257. Ravi Shanker, Kerala, None |
| 258. Reny Ayline, Kerala, NCHRO |
| 259. Riya, Mumbai , |
| 260. Robby Sharma, Kanpur, Citizen |
| 261. Roberto Bosi, Modena, Italy, Medical Doctor |
| 262. Rohit Rawat , Hyderabad, PhD SoE, University of Hyderabad |
| 263. Roshan Chacko, Texas, |
| 264. Rozie Siqueira, Pune, |
| 265. Rumi Harish, Bangalore, Research consultant |
| 266. S. Chakraborty, Mumbai, Teaching & Research |
| 267. S John Bosco, Tamilnadu, Advocate |
| 268. Sabina Pathrose, Virar, Mumbai, Lawyer, Good Shepherd Sisters. |
| 269. Sagar Dhara, Hyderabad, |
| 270. Saitya Timung , Assam , Self employed |
| 271. Samar Bagchi , Kolkata, |
| 272. Sandeep Massey, Pune, Teaching |
| 273. Sandeep Menezes, Bangalore , Redemptorist |
| 274. Sandeep Vaidya , Kinnegad, Ireland , |
| 275. Sanjeev, Venkatrao, Software Engineer |
| 276. Saritha Pinto, Mumbai, |
| 277. Sarojitha, Chennai, |
| 278. Sarwar Imam, Siwan, Bihar, Indian Citizen |
| 279. Satya Sivaraman, Chennai, Journalist |
| 280. Savio Aguiar, Vadala East , Student & Employee |
| 281. Shabnam Hashmi, Delhi, Anhad |
| 282. Shalini Mulackal, Delhi, Vidyajyoti College of Theology |
| 283. Shamane Rebello, Mumbai, Special Educator |
| 284. Shamine, Bengaluru, Na |
| 285. Shamsul Islam , NCR, Retd faculty Delhi University |
| 286. Shanthi Dsouza , Ludhiana , Education |
| 287. Shashank Singh , New Delhi , Advocate on Record,Supreme Court |
| 288. Sheeva Dubey, PhD, Mumbai, Researcher |
| 289. Shiny, Varanasi , Teaching |
| 290. Shireen Elavia, Mumbai, Retired Banker |
| 291. Shoba Roy , Pune, Hrd |
| 292. Shoeb Jagirdar, Jalna, Business |
| 293. Shruti Humane, Pune, Architect |
| 294. Shuchita, Sitapur, Socialist Party (India) |
| 295. Siddharth Ramachandran, Boston, MA, USA, Boston University |
| 296. Silvia Aranha , Ahmedabad , Social service |
| 297. Sister Benedicta F. Pinto, A.C. (Retd Professor), Carmel Convent, Bayley Road, PATNA 800001 , BIHAR, Retd Professor of Economics, Patna Women’s College, Patna 800001 |
| 298. Sneha Chandna, New Delhi, Independent development consultant |
| 299. Sneha Sebasti Satyan, Bengaluru, Photographer in Studio11 (a Production House) |
| 300. Snigdha, Visakhapatnam, |
| 301. Sonika Krantiveer, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, Social Activist |
| 302. Spandan Christian, Canada, Student |
| 303. Sr. Arul Selvi, Kolkata, Teacher/ Sisters of the Cross |
| 304. Sr. Carmel, Berhampur , Medical |
| 305. Sr. Cessy scaria, Pandua, Sisters of the Cross |
| 306. Sr. Sasmita parichha, Odisha, Holy cross |
| 307. Sr. Selvi, Kolkata, Teacher |
| 308. Sr. Irene, Harihar, teacher |
| 309. Srikanth B, London, |
| 310. Srinivasan G, Bangalore , |
| 311. Sriram Srinivasan, Mumbai, IIT Bombay |
| 312. Srivats Srinivasan, Bellevue, Business |
| 313. Anonymous, Rajpur, Teacher |
| 314. Stephen C, Kottayam, Retired |
| 315. Subair , Ernakulam, Software Engineer |
| 316. Sudha , Delhi, |
| 317. Sudheendra Kulkarni, Mumbai, |
| 318. Sudheer, Hyderabad, Research scholar |
| 319. Sujata Madhok , New Delhi , Independent journalist |
| 320. Sumitha, Vathalagundu , Tamilnadu, Radiographer/ Leonard Hospital, Vathalagundu |
| 321. Sunil Humane, Pune, Studio Humane |
| 322. Sunil Kumar Banerjee, Delhi, Self-employed |
| 323. Surbhi Karwa, Delhi , Lawyer |
| 324. Suresh Patel, Cambridge, Chartered Architect / Planner – SALAKAR |
| 325. Susan Thomas , Kochi , |
| 326. Susan Visvanathan, New Delhi, CSSS/JNU |
| 327. Suvasish De, New Delhi, Socialist and Secular Indian |
| 328. Suvrat Raju, Bangalore, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences |
| 329. Swapna Mhaskar , Maharashtra , Homemaker |
| 330. Swati Desai, vadodara, |
| 331. T. Toppo, Manpur, Umaria, (M. P), Teacher |
| 332. T. Vijayendra, Hyderabd, Author |
| 333. Taj, UAE, Professional |
| 334. Tarun Thomas, Kerala, Student |
| 335. Tathagato Roychoudhury, Hyderabad, |
| 336. Teresa Attupuram, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi, |
| 337. Teresa Kotturan, New York, Advocacy |
| 338. Thankappan T S, Ernakulam District, Muvattupuzha, Web Designer |
| 339. U. S. Pandey, Lucknow, Retired officer |
| 340. Uma Shankari, Hyderabad, farmer |
| 341. Usha Rani, Chennai, Consultant |
| 342. Vaibhav Kamble, Pune, Private job |
| 343. Valerian Pereira , India , |
| 344. Valerie Siqueira, Pune, Teacher |
| 345. Victor Fernandes, Bangalore, Retired |
| 346. Vidya Dinker, India, Researcher |
| 347. Vijaya, Kanpur 208016, S J V Foundation,Kanpur |
| 348. Vimala Kumari scc, Bamunigam kandhamal district Odisha , Nurse |
| 349. Vishnu Shukla, Barra-6,Kanpur, Trade Unionist/Human Rights Activists |
| 350. Vivek, Bengaluru, Reseacher |
| 351. Walter D Silva, Kanpur, Principal of a Highly reputed 73 years old School |
| 352. Wasim, USA, |
| 353. Yamuna Sunny, Hoshangabad, Free lance educationist |
| 354. Anonymous, Jammu Kashmir UT, Business |
| 355. Yuvraj S Gatkal, Pune, NAPM |
| 356. Zainab Siddiqui, Lucknow, Social activist |
| 357. मदन लाल हिन्द, दिल्ली, पत्रकारिता |
| 358. Apoorvanand, academic and writer |
| 359. Parveen Talha, IRS (Retd), Former Member UPSC |
| 360. Hiren Gohain, Guwahati, Retired Professor |
| 361. Sharad Behar, Bhopal, Former Chief Secretary, Government of MP |
| 362. Anil Nauriya, New Delhi, Counsel, Supreme Court of India |
| 363. Shiva Shankar, Chennai |
| 364. Romi Mahajan, USA, Poklonnaya Foundation |
| 365. Dilip Som, Maryland, USA, Retired |
| 366. Sharmila Roy, Naperville, Illinois, USA, Attorney |
| 367. George Stephen |
| 368. Deepak Kapur, Distinguished Professor |
| 369. रमेश शर्मा |
| 370. Tushar Gandhi, Mumbai, Peace and Rights Activist |
| 371. Fr. Loyola Amalraj |
| 372. Tanu |
| 373. Mohammad Basha |
| 374. Anu |
Endorsed the Petition for release of Stan Swamy
Saint Swamy!
Release him immediately.
I support whole heartedly
Stan Swamy should get bail as soon as possible.
Stop hoounding citizens who have a diffrerent take from the official partyline
Stan Swamy should get at least bail IMMEDIATELY
I suppose unconditiional release of all poliitiical prisoners. Further, those accused of any crime should be tried immediately and immediately and they should not be incarcerated unless they can create harm to anyone. If the judicial system is overburdended, that is not the fault of the accused and they should not be penalized for it.
अघोषित आपातकाल समाप्त करो। असहमति को स्थान दो। लोकतांत्रिक मूल्यों के प्रति संवेदनशील बनो। गलत अनावश्यक असंवैधानिक रूप में गिरफ्तार सभी लोगों को रिहा करो।
Citizens must raise voices against tyrrany!
Done
I supper the movement to free Fr Stan Swamy who worked tirelessly for uplifting of poor, exploited, marginalized and neglected fellow citizens of his country. I endorse the movement to free the seriously suffering and ill servant of the poor.
Father Dtan Seamy has been a relentless fighter for the poor and oppressed Adivasis. The charges against him are totally false. He must be released at once.
in complete solidarity
I support Stan Swamy
लोकतांत्रिक मूल्यों के प्रति संवेदनशील बनो। गलत अनावश्यक असंवैधानिक रूप में गिरफ्तार सभी लोगों को रिहा करो।
It’s simply being a human being by supporting this petition..
असहमत होना हमारा अधिकार है! असहमतियों को स्थान देते हुऐ लोकतांत्रिक मूल्यों के प्रति संवेदनशील बनो ! देश में सभी अनावश्यक असंवैधानिक रूप से गिरफ्तार किये गए लोगों को जल्द से जल्द रिहा करो!
I demand the immediate release of Stan Swamy & all the innocent human rights defenders unjustly imprisoned.
The present ruling political system is waging war against it’s own people and suppressing further the poor, tribals, Dalits, women and children. Any one working for such group of people us branded as anti-nationalist and put them in jail. Release all the prisoners who fought for the human rights and worked to uplift them.