Categories
Audio and Video Review

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

Listen to this article
People hold posters and candles outside a Mumbai church holding a memorial mass for the Indian rights activist and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy on July 6, 2021. Swamy was detained for nine months without trial under Indian anti-terrorism laws, and died on July 5, 2021 ahead of a bail hearing, officials said.

Indian police accused Stan Swamy of terrorism. His supporters say he was framed and evidence planted on his computer. Some call it Narendra Modi’s Watergate. Six years on, no one has resigned.

(Image credit: Indranil Mukherjee)

npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1250799690