By Frank Krishner Patna: An online condolence meeting for Jesuit human rights defender Father Stan Swamy was challenged to stop wailing and get involved in people’s struggles. “These meetings allow us to weep, and people join in the wailing without connecting Stan’s reality, his faith, or his conviction. In tribalContinue Reading
New Delhi: A day after activist Stan Swamy’s death in custody, senior opposition politicians have written to President Ram Nath Kovind demanding the release of all activists jailed in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon case. “We are urging your immediate intervention as the President of India to direct ‘your government’ toContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore: A single person of truth and authenticity with a lasting vision is the majority. From ages this truth was proved in the lives of many prophetic personalities who dared to dream of doing something creative with purity of intention. Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy, or Stan Swamy,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Three Indian cardinals on January 19 met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and requested him to invite Pope Francis to the country. Talking to reporters after the meeting in Delhi, the cardinals said the prime minister agreed to their request and promised to take aContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Konchowki: An octogenarian Jesuit social activist jailed for alleged Maoist links says prison life is a great leveler. Father Stan Swamy made this observation in a poem he penned December 22 and disseminated through his Jesuit companions. In the past too, the 83-year-old priest had described hisContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Jesuit Father Stan Lourduswamy, now languishing in a Mumbai jail, has been selected for an award honoring Mukundan C Menon, a noted journalist who founded non-governmental human rights organizations such as People’s Union for Civil Liberties. Father Stan Swamy, as the Catholic priest is popularlyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata: A post card campaign was launched on December 10, the human rights day, to seek the release of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy and those allegedly accused falsely in the Bhima Koregaon case Under the campaign, the “Friends of Fr. Stan Swamy” planned to send asContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Jesuit social activist Father Stan Swamy will have to wait until December 4 for a straw and a sipper cup he needs as a patient of Parkinson’s disease. The National Investigation Agency or the NIA on November 26 told a special court in Mumbai thatContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Father Stan Swamy, who is in a Mumbai jail for more than one month, has sought prayers for a fellow prisoner who has become seriously ill. “Varavara Rao is very sick. Kindly, pray for him,” the octogenarian Jesuit told confrere over phone. Rao, an activist,Continue Reading
Mumbai: Jailed human rights activist Stan Swamy wrote to his friends about fellow inmates who help him with his chores and said that despite all odds, “humanity is bubbling in prison.” Excerpts from the letter were shared on social media November 14 by Swamy’s friend, human rights activist John Dayal.Continue Reading
