Remembering Father Stan Swamy on International Human Rights Day

He fought for human rights but the case against him was a violation of his human rights: Fr. Frazer Mascarenhas

Remembering the late tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy, Father Frazer Mascarenhas said Fr. Stan was fully committed to human rights and it was unfortunate that the entire Bhima Koregaon case against him was a violation of his human rights and those of others. The Bombay High Court declared Fr. Frazer Mascarenhas as Fr. Stan’s next of kin.

Talking about Fr. Stan on International Human Rights Day, Fr. Frazer said, “Fr. Stan had been through such a difficult time of ill-treatment [in jail], so he knew what others were going through. He was really worried about those [co-accused] in the Taloja jail and the ladies in Byculla jail. He would have been very happy to know that Sudha [Bharadwaj] is out on bail.”