By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, Dec 19, 2021: A Jesuit priest in Mumbai has petitioned the Bombay High Court for a judicial probe into Father Stan Swamy’s death in custody and remove the “odium of guilt” attached to the tribal activist. Father Swamy died July 5 as undertrial prisoner inContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kailashahar, Tripura, Nov 25, 2021: The Bombay High Court has permitted the Jesuits to initiate separate proceedings to clear Father Stan Swamy’s name from accusation in the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case. The Jesuit Adivasi activist died July 5 under police custody at Holy Family hospital inContinue Reading
Jamshedpur: Daily wage earners in one of the urban slums in the steel city have resolved to follow the ideals of Father Stan Swamy on India’s 75th Independence Day. The spontaneous decision was taken during a resolution meeting organized by Jharkhand Krantikari Mazdoor Union (JKMU) at Adivasi Basti in GreenContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad: The institutional murder of 84-year-old Jesuit Father Stan Swamy while still in judicial custody has shaken the very foundations of democracy in India. The importance and the urgency to defend democracy and all that is precious in the Constitution of India against repressive and anti-people laws,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Christians and others across India observed July 28 as the National Justice Day to pay homage to Father Stan Swamy, a Jesuit human rights defender who died as pre-trial detainee in Mumbai. They resolved to emulate Father Swamy to defend democracy and stand withContinue Reading
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court bench on July 23 withdrew its oral observations praising the late Father Stan Swamy and even appreciating his work for society. The bench of Justices Sambhaji Shinde and Nijamoodin Jamadar withdrew their comments after the National Investigations Agency (NIA) took strong objection to the “personalContinue Reading
Mumbai: Justice SS Shinde of the Bombay High Court on July 19 said late tribal rights activist and priest – Stan Swamy’s – graceful funeral service after his demise on July 5 2021, had touched him. “I was informed about the timing of the funeral service. Such a wonderful person.Continue Reading
Rome: The death in custody of Indian Catholic priest Stan Swamy, a renowned human rights and social justice advocate for over four decades, will forever remain a stain on India’s human rights record, a United Nations human rights expert has said. The 84-year-old, who died on July 5 while undergoingContinue Reading
By Ladislaus Louis D’Souza Mumbai: A comment posted outside Holy Family Church, a Jesuit-run parish in Andheri East, Mumbai, says: “The caged bird sang and his spirit soared.” But did it, really? The truth is that Jesuit jailbird Stan Swamy has a long way to go before his soul canContinue Reading
By Isaac Gomes Kolkata: A webinar in Kolkata to pay tribute to tribal activist Father Stan Swamy heard speakers calling for the immediate repeal of an anti-terror law that apparently was used against those working for the rights of the poor and marginalized. The July 11 program jointly organized byContinue Reading
