Send a card in memory of Fr Stan Swamy SJ
Dear friends and partners in mission,greetings and blessings.
I want to call on you to aid us in supporting Jesuit Mission UK in the effort to clear the name of Fr Stan Swamy SJ.
As many of you know, Fr Stan was an Indian Jesuit who worked for the rights of Adivasi and Dalit people, some of the most marginalized groups in India. On 8 October 2020, aged 83, he was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for supposed crimes against the government of India.He was accused of involvement in violence surrounding protests in 2018 at a place called Bhima Koregaon. He was kept in appalling conditions in prison and died, as a result, in July 2021, aged 84.
On whatwould've been his 88th birthday, Jesuit Mission UK is encouraging all parts of the SJ family to unite and call for the clearing of Fr Stan Swamy's name. The campaign, https://jesuitmissions.org.uk/campaign/send-a-card-for-fr-stan/, seeks to actively call on the Government of India to make an official declaration of his innocence. As part of this campaign, they will be delivering cards to the Indian High Commission in London on 25 April, the day before what would have been Fr Stan’s birthday.
From the General Curia of the Society of Jesus, we would like to ask you to animate Jesuits, other collaborators and networks to use the templates attached in this email to send cards to your nearest High Commission, Embassy or Consulate of India, and respectfully call for the clearing of Fr Stan Swamy's name. You can find your nearest location according to your country at the following link: https://igod.gov.in/int/INMISS/organizations.
In Christ,
Roberto Jaramillo Bernal, SJ
Fr Stan Card Template.
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