Celebrating the Spirit of Stan Swamy
When on 5 July 2021, the fascist regime of India, killed Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy, they succeeded only in destroying the frail body of an 84-year-old Catholic Priest. Today, three…
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The Challenge to Live Fr. Stan Swamy’s Legacy Today!
Times are bad in India: Manipur has been burning for two months now. Millions of citizens all over are denied their fundamental rights. Corruption and crony capitalism are rampant. Opposition…
Earthly Birthday Greetings to Stan Swamy in Heaven
Dear Stan, It is your birthday today here on earth! You would have completed eighty-six years, if you were around. Well, that was not to be; on 5 July 2021…
Fr. Stan Swamy: his legacy lives forever!
A year ago, on 5 July 2021, when Father Stan Swamy left us, the world mourned the death of a great human being who epitomised compassion, courage, collaboration and commitment!…
Birthday Greetings to [email protected]
Dear Stan, It is your earthly birthday! You would have certainly felt embarrassed and even winced at the thought of anyone wishing you, leave alone celebrating your birthday today! In…
We Must Act NOW to Defend Democracy!
The institutional murder of 84-year-old Jesuit priest Fr Stan Swamy, who died on 5 July 2021 while still in judicial custody, has shaken the very foundations of democracy in India.…
Framed to Die: The Case of Stan Swamy
PUDR’s report, Framed to Die: The Case of Stan Swamy, offers an exhaustive account of what lay behind Stan Swamy’s death in judicial custody in a private hospital on 5…
Concerns of Fr. Stan Swamy to Protect Tribal Rights Also Related Much to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption
As news spread in India and abroad of the death of Fr. Stan Swamy on July 5 in very tragic circumstances, messages of great sadness and concern poured in from…
Protest held in Canada against the custodial death of Father Stan Swamy and incarceration of scholars
On the birthday of jailed Indian scholar Anand Teltumbde, activists gathered outside the Visa and Passport Application Center of the world’s so called largest democracy in Surrey to raise their…
Of Father Stan Swamy, humans and other species
A few years ago, on a visit to La Paz, the Bolivian capital set high in the Andean mountains, I spotted a board inside a restaurant that said ‘All Humans…
Justice minus humanity is injustice
After NIA's contentions, the special court has rejected the request for sipper. The judge did not ask NIA to prove the genuineness of their claim that nothing was confiscated by…
Thank you, dear Fr. Stan, you will live forever!
Dear Fr. Stan Swamy, On 5 July, you completed your pilgrimage here on earth! Thousands feel your loss everywhere; a light has gone out of our lives and there is…
Build a nationwide anti-fascist democratic movement as a true tribute to Fr Stan Swamy
The present rulers of the country and state institutions have imprisoned Fr. Stan Swamy for a crime he did not commit, and killed him without being given proper treatment in…
Judiciary On Trial
Justice must have a heart.It cannot be just an arena for legal pedantry and fireworks,though that unfortunately has been the case since the rise of Rhetoric in ancient Greece.If one…
Stan Swamy Murder Has Lit A Spark Turning Into A Prairie Fire In Challenging Proto-Fascism
It is most heartening how the masses of India are not taking the custodial murder of Father Stan Swamy lying down. We must congratulate all the sections be it of…
Fr. Stan Swamy’s institutional murder must lead to a nation-wide movement
Fr. Stan Swamy’s institutional murder must lead to a nation-wide movement against draconian, anti-people laws and state repression. NAPM joins citizens and democratic groups across the globe remembering the life and…
Fr Stan Swamy has expired: But, his questions haven’t
In the death of Fr Stan Swamy on July 5, 2021, who was an “under trial” detainee languishing in the custody of the authorities, India has lost a courageous campaigner…
From Bujha Singh to Stan Swamy
From Bujha Singh to Stan Swamy, the Indian state has proved that it doesn’t care for seniors when it comes to suppressing any voice of dissent July 5, 2021 will…
Father Stan Was Martyred For Standing Against Proto-Fascism
Without doubt one of the great democrats or crusaders against proto- fascism has perished. Few activists in such a considerable degree voiced the very soul of the opressed masses of…
Fr. Stan Swamy Will Be Remembered Always for His Deep Commitment to Justice and His Courage
The death of Fr. Stan Swamy in extremely tragic circumstances on July 5 will be mourned by all those who believe in the most basic human values. He will be…
The Institutional Murder of Fr. Stan Swamy
A statement by the family members and friends of the BK-16 We, the friends and family members of those accused in the Bhima Koregaon Conspiracy case, are deeply pained and…
Stan Swamy: Capital Punishment without trial
The death of Father Stan Swamy in Custody is a reminder of how India’s criminal justice system has collapsed and is being used by the party in power to criminalise…
Hold All Those Responsible For Stan Swamy’s Death Accountable
Stan Swamy, a Jesuit priest, and human rights advocate died in custody Monday at the age of 84 after 270 days of arbitrary confinement. Despite his precarious health condition, advanced…
Stan Swamy: A Murder In Judicial Custody
CDRO salutes Fr. Stan Swamy, an activist and a champion of the rights of the tribal and marginalised people. CDRO believes that his death is nothing but a murder…
Fr. Stan is dead! Salutes to an extraordinary rights fighter!!
PUCL is extremely saddened and anguished by the death of Fr. Stan Swamy today, 5th July, 2021 in the Holy Family Hospital, Bandra, where he was undertaking treatment pursuant to…
A Prophet is a Threat to the Powerful: A Tribute to Stan Swamy
No prophet is recognised by the powerful. Prophets are killed because they are a threat to the powerful. That was the message of the Gospel read at masses in Catholic…
Stan Swamy’s Health: Open Letter To Chief Justice Of Bombay High Court
Respected Sir, This is to bring to your notice the irreversibly deteriorating condition of 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy, an undertrial prisoner accused in the Elgar Parishad case and lodged at…
Urgent need for bail and specialised medical treatment for critical Stan Swamy
Statement by Jharkhand Jan Adhikar Mahasabha 84-year old Priest Stan Swamy’s health has deteriorated and he has been put on a ventilator at the Holy Family hospital. His situation is…
Urgent need to shift Stan Swamy to a good hospital
Stan Swamy, 84-year old Adivasi rights activist from Jharkhand, was arrested by NIA under UAPA in the Bhima Koregaon case on the 8th of October 2020 and has been lodged…
Two Crucial Reasons Why Fr. Stan Swamy Should Be Released at the Earliest
It is the duty of all patriotic citizens to protect the international reputation of their country. For the greater part of its post-independence period India has experienced a reasonably good…
Birthday Greetings, Dear Fr. Stan!
Dear Stan, It is rather unusual and certainly not normal to wish someone who is in prison “A Happy Birthday!” One’s birthday cannot be ‘happy’ in prison; however, in…
Fr Stan Swamy and the Ides of March
Sometime, just before Monday 22 March (the day the order in response to his bail application was scheduled to be pronounced), Fr. Stan Swamy sent a communication from the confines…
Is India’s social justice paradigm under threat? Stories of Fr. Stan Swamy and Sudha Bharadwaj
In a letter written by Fr. Stan Swamy SJ, from the prison, said, "Dear friends: Peace! Though I do not have many details, from what I have heard, I am…
The cost of voicing dissent: UAPA against G.N. Saibaba, Gautam Navlakha, Father Stan Swamy and others
In 2016, a Supreme Court Judge asked the state of Maharashtra, “Do you want to extract a pound of flesh?” The statement was directed against the state for contesting the…
In Conversation with Father Stan Swamy
None would ever have imagined that an octogenarian Stan Swamy would face such a harsh treatment for his committed work for the Adivasis of Jharkhand. When the governments of the…
Christmas Message for Father Stan Swami
Dear Father Stan Swami, It would be silly for me to start by hoping you are well, for I know about the state of your ill health and the complete…
Stand With Stan: Release All Accused In The Bhima Koregaon Case
A webinar was organised with major initiative of Indian Christians for Democracy on 25th October, Sunday, 2020 from 11.00 to 1.00 pm. Dr. Fr. Prakash Louis the founder of the…
Opposition Leaders, Civil Society denounce arrest of Stan Swamy and other activists in Bhima Koregaon case
Introduction PUCL organised a virtual Press Conference on 21st October, 2020 to condemn the illegal arrest of Fr. Stan Swamy of Jharkhand and 15 other activists in the Bhima…
Punishing the Messengers of Justice
Standing for justice is bad news for the powers that be. That is why the arrest of the 83-year old Jesuit Stan Swamy had to come sometime because he has…
Release Father Stan Swamy
Dear Rachael Maskell MP, I am William Nicholas Gomes; I am your constituent and a human rights activist and freelance journalist. I am writing about the Indian Jesuit priest and…
Release of all those arrested in the fabricated Bhima Koregaon case
CDRO is shocked to hear the news of the arrest of Father Stan Swamy in connection with the infamous Bhima-Koregaon (BK) case. We note with disgust that Father Stan…
Condemn the arrest of rights activist Fr. Stan Swamy in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgaar Parishad case!
On October 8th, a day before the deadline for filing the charge-sheet in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgaar Parishad case elapsed, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested the 83-year-old Jesuit priest and…
Arrest Most Foul
WSS is appalled at the arrest of Father Stan Swamy, an elderly Jesuit priest working on adivasi issues for the past 5 decades in the infamous Bhima Koregaon – Elgar…
PUCL Condemns the Detention and Arrest of Fr. Stan Swamy in Bhima Koregaon Case
PUCL is shocked by and condemns the detention and arrest by NIA police team of 83 year old Fr. Stan Swamy from his residence in Bagaicha, Ranchi to take him…
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