Washington Three American lawgivers have introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives, encouraging India to pursue an independent disquisition into the arrest, incarceration and death of Father Stan, a mortal rights activist who failed in guardianship on July 5, 2021.
Introduced by Congressman Juan Vargas along with lawgivers Jim McGovern and Andre Carson, the resolution expresses concern at the contended abuse of anti-terror laws to target mortal rights protectors and political opponents, the Supreme Court of India to suspend a controversial colonizer- period sedition law and urges India’s Parliament .
The Indian government and all governments around the world that freedom of expression is a abecedarian mortal right, Composition 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and espoused by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. “ Father Stan devoted his life to giving a voice to the speechless. He was a inexhaustible advocate for the rights of the indigenous Adivasi people, trained youthful community leaders, and worked for justice for numerous communities in India, ” Vargas said.
“ As a former Jesuit, I'm affrighted that Father Stan faced grim abuse and was denied medical care while in guardianship. I introduced this resolution to make sure Father Stan and his lifelong commitment to the lesser good is no way forgotten, ” he added.
Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy, known as Father Stan, was born on April 26,1937 in a vill called Viragalur in Tiruchirappalli quarter in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and inspired by the work of Jesuit preachers from an early age, studied theology starting in 1957, the resolution said.
Father Stan played a crucial part most significant Adivasi movements in contemporary India, the Pathalgadi movement, Adivasi traditions of gravestone figure to spread information among Adivasi communities regarding rights guaranteed to them under the Indian Constitution. “
During these decades in Jharkhand, Father Stan supported for and raised mindfulness regarding the perpetration of vittles of the Indian Constitution like the Panchayat the PESA Act, which introduced tone- governance for people dwelling in Adivasi lands, ” the resolution said.
