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July 5, 2021 / Latest News
Stan, A Defender of Freedom
Human rights activist Fr. Stan Swamy passed away in hospital waiting endlessly for medical bail. He was in jail since last year in the Bhima Koregaon case. Dr. JOSEPH XAVIER and HARSHITA write about the colourful journey of Fr. Stan Swamy in empowering thousands of Dalits and Adivasis and raising their concerns about justice and displacement.
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July 5, 2021 / Latest News
What a Day of Shame: A Tribute
What a day of shame! Where will you hide your Political fame!
Someone hounded to death, by the cruelty of the system,
Because of their political views.
These are not deaths, but state/courts sponsored murders.
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July 5, 2021 / Latest News
JCSA STANDS IN SOLIDARITY, Says President
I write this letter with a deep sense of pain and anguish at the loss of Fr Stan Swamy who has gone to his Eternal Home.
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July 5, 2021 / Latest News
Stan Swamy, in Life and in Martyrdom
We mourn Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy today. Tomorrow we will start celebrating his life.
It is a moot question which of these two the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be more apprehensive about.
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July 5, 2021 / Latest News
NEWS / DOCUMENTATION ON STAN SWAMY, SJ
At the CDO we have been documenting some of the news on Stan.
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July 5, 2021 / Latest News
FR. STAN SWAMY, SJ, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST PASSES AWAY
Jesuit Conference of South Asia expresses heartfelt condolences on the passing of tribal rights activist and Jesuit priest Fr. Stan Swamy, SJ.
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July 5, 2021 / Latest News
Devastating: EU, UN Representative
The death of Father Stan Swamy - the 84-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist arrested and jailed last year under draconian anti-terror law UAPA in connection with the Elgar Parishad case - has triggered a flood of messages on social media from political leaders, intellectuals and other activists.
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June 25, 2021 / Latest News
Leave no one behind: Vaccine equity in the Global South
Jenny Cafiso, Executive Director at Canadian Jesuits International compered the webinar session. This
session was hosted from Toronto, Canada. The webinar was organized on the access to Covid vaccine as
it has been a challenge for some marginalised people to get the vaccine and to ensure equal justice to all
people.
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To reconcile: with God, one another and creation;
To reorient: mission priorities and governance structures
Our Mission
To re-launch: on the pathway to God, with the marginalized and the young, in our common home – the earth.
Who We Are
Jesuit Conference of South Asia (JCSA) represents the conference and the governing body of the conference.
It is one of six conferences of the Society of Jesus worldwide; one of the two conferences in Asia, the other being the Asia Pacific Conference (JCAP). The presence of the Jesuits in Asia began with the coming of St Francis Xavier, and two young companions, in the year 1542 to Goa.