St. Xavier’s College canceled the Fr. Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture, prompting criticism from his associate Fr. Frazer ...

Jesuit priest Stan Swamy remains incarcerated in Mumbai after a judge denied his bail request. Father Swamy’s arrest almost six months ago followed a two-year-long period of interrogation, raids ...

Outrage over cancellation of Stan Swamy memorial lecture at St. Xavier’s College due to alleged anti-national conspiracies.

A student takes part in a demonstration in New Delhi on July 6, 2021, after the Indian rights activist and Jesuit priest ...

MUMBAI, India — The outcry for posthumous justice for Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, who died in detention on apparently fabricated terrorism charges in July 2021, continues to reverberate in India.

St. Xavier’s College has cancelled its annual Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture in Mumbai, originally scheduled for the evening of ...

Mumbai’s St. Xavier’s College has cancelled its annual Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture after receiving a letter from the Akhil ...

Stan Swamy, S.J., pictured in a screenshot from a video, had been incarcerated in an Indian jail since his Oct. 9, 2020, arrest. He died on July 5 from complications related to Covid-19.

Fr. Stan Swamy’s death marks a dark day in the history of the Indian judiciary, which had failed to consider a plea of an older person who has Parkinson’s disease and post-Covid complications.

“Father Stan Swamy didn’t die for nothing. We really want to fight this till the end,” Swamy’s attorney Mihir Desai, who demanded a judicial inquiry into his death, told The Wire.

Stan had modelled himself on Jesus, becoming a dissident both inside and outside the established order. Like Jesus, he, too, was crucified—by the State. Now, every time an adivasi stands up for ...

Mayank Aggarwal Monday 05 July 2021 13:36 BST 0 Comments Father Stan Swamy, 84, a Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist, suffered from Parkinson’s disease (CC/Khetfield59) ...