Healthy democracies must respect role of human rights activists: US on Stan Swamy’s death 

The Office of International Religious Freedom under the US State Department has called call on all governments to respect the vital role of human rights activists in healthy democracies,”  https://theprint.in/india/healthy-democracies-must-respect-role-of-human-rights-activists-us-on-stan-swamys-death/692104/ 

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/fr-stan-swamy-was-jailed-on-false-charges-says-top-un-official/article35156145.ece Jailing Human Rights Defenders is inexcusable,” says Mary Lawlor, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders.

Eamon Gilmore, EU Special Representative for Human Rights, said, “I am very saddened to hear that Fr. Stan Swamy has passed away. A defender of indigenous peoples’ rights, he was held in detention for the past 9 months. The EU had been raising his case repeatedly with the authorities”.

India and the EU have been engaged in a dialogue to defend human rights. Officials from both sides met for the 9th India-EU Human Rights Dialogue on April 12, 2021. “As the world's two largest democracies, India and the EU reiterated their commitment to human rights. In this context, they emphasised the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights,” a Joint Statement issued following the meeting had declared.