Thousands of activists, political leaders, and Indian citizens have taken to social media to pay tributes to jailed tribal rights activist Stan Swamy who died at the age of 84.

Many also expressed anger at the way he was jailed during Covid-19 and repeatedly denied bail.

The Jesuit priest, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, was the oldest to be accused of terrorism in India.

He was moved to a private hospital in May after he contracted Covid in jail.

He died of cardiac arrest in the western city of Mumbai on Monday.

Historian Ramachandra Guha called his death "a case of judicial murder".