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
By Julio Ribeiro Mumbai: As a product of Jesuit education, I have a soft corner for Jesuit priests. The arrest of Father Stan Swami, a Jesuit born in Tamil Nadu, who opted to live and serve in the Jamshedpur province, tending to the needs of the Adivasis of the area,Continue Reading
By Tony PM and Peter Martin Ranchi: Jesuit Father Stanislaus Lourduswamy’s arrest on the night of October 8 has caused a stir in India, especially in the country’s central and eastern region where the 83-year-old has spent half a century relentlessly fighting for the rights and values of indigenous people.Continue Reading
New Delhi: India on October 20 strongly reacted to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s concern over restrictions on NGOs and arrest of activists. External affairs ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said violations of law cannot be condoned under the pretext of human rights and a more informed viewContinue Reading