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Fr Stan Swamy, an 83-year-old Jesuit priest in India, has been imprisoned on charges of terrorism. However, his supporters say the real reason for his incarceration is that he spoken out for the human rights of indigenous people. From Earthbeat: An 83-year-old Jesuit priest imprisoned in India on accusations of terrorism has been targeted because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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