The Jesuit priest was accused of being involved with a Maoist group, and inciting violence in the town of Bhima-Koregaon on Jan. 1, 2018. Fr. Stan Swamy, S.J., pictured in 2010. (photo: Khetfield59 ...

The Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) on Tuesday mourned the death of Jesuit priest Stanislaus Lourduswamy, and called him “martyr of the marginalized people.” The Indian priest ...

Stan Swamy, S.J., defender of the rights of the most oppressed and impoverished tribal peoples in India, has died from complications related to Covid-19 while in his ninth month of incarceration in ...

Catholic activists and priests want the Indian government to “take full responsibility” for the custodial death of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy after latest findings by US-based digital forensic experts ...

MUMBAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday opposed a petition filed in the Bombay High Court seeking to remove the “odium” of criminal charges against Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy ...

Academics, activists, writers, directors, religious and other prominent people have signed an open letter against the court’s decision to deny bail to the 84-year-old Jesuit, who has been in jail in ...

MUMBAI: The cancellation of the annual Fr Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture by St Xavier’s College drew an anguished response from the late priest’s close associate, and former principal of the college, Fr ...

An elderly Jesuit priest struggling in an Indian jail with ill health says he still finds happiness in listening to the stories of other inmates and credits his congregation for the training that ...

Kanimozhi Karunanidhi said Fr Stan had been targeted for defending the rights of tribal peoples to forests, water and mineral-rich lands that the government wanted to exploit. Memorial meetings across ...

Indian Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy marked 100 days in prison with a letter highlighting the cases of poor people languishing in jail who begin their trials without even knowing their criminal charges.

A special court in Mumbai has placed Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy, a tribal rights activist, in judicial custody until Oct. 23 amid protests in many parts of the country. Officials of the National ...

An Indian Jesuit priest died on Monday at the age of 84 after having spent the last eight months of his life jailed on terror charges for his activism on behalf of ...