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Stan Swamy SJ: Jesuit human rights activist dies at 84

JESC — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 14:33:20 +0000

We are deeply saddened to hear that Fr. Stan Swamy SJ, human rights activist and Jesuit priest, passed away on Monday, July 5. The 84 year old activist died in the hospital while waiting for bail. Stan Swamy SJ, the oldest person to be accused of terrorism in India, was arrested in October 2020. […]

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Belarus’ Velvet revolution

Maria Alvarez Hierro — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:32:03 +0000

What is happening in Belarus? Belarus, a geostrategic country located on the eastern side of Europe, has been trapped in an authoritarian regime under Alyaksandr Lukashenko’s Communist Party since 1994. Freedom House1 considers Belarus to be a non-free country, with constantly manipulated national elections and a considerable restriction on civil and political rights. Today […]

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Belarus: Countering the State Terror of Europe’s Last Dictator

Peter Rožič SJ — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:37:20 +0000

Diplomacy, Economy and Law: Countering the State Terror of Europe’s Last Dictator “Hijacking a civilian plane is an unprecedented act of state terrorism that cannot go unpunished” Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki1 (May 26 2021) On 23 May, at the command of President Lukashenko,2 Belarusian authorities diverted a civilian plane and forced it […]

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India’s Inconvenient Case of Stan Swamy SJ

Peter Rožič SJ — Fri, 28 May 2021 08:53:21 +0000

What (Counter) Terrorism is Not: India’s Inconvenient Case of Stan Swamy SJ “A caged bird can still sing.” Stan Swamy’s letter from the prison Stan Swamy is the oldest Indian to be incarcerated under terrorist charges. Under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested this 84-year-old Jesuit for his […]

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Fr Stan Swamy ill with suspected Covid-19

JESC — Wed, 19 May 2021 07:47:42 +0000

84-year-old Jesuit gravely ill in prison with “headache, fever and cough Fr Stan Swamy SJ, the 84-year-old Jesuit, activist and defender of the rights of indigenous peoples who was incarcerated on 9th October 2020 in Taloja prison, Mumbai, is now ill with the symptoms of Covid-19. Fr Swamy has not been tested or vaccinated despite […]

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Low-skilled immigrants? EU and US evidence calls for a nuanced policy

Peter Rožič SJ — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:22:24 +0000

“I can say quite clearly: Don’t come over” (U.S. President J. Biden, Mar 17 2021) 1 Immigration is a perennial and complex human reality. It originates and results in personal as well as socio-political phenomena that range from curse to blessing and always contain a high degree of contention. Particularly polarising is the question of […]

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Religion and Human Rights – Article 17

JESC — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 10:54:36 +0000

On the 4th of December, the European Parliament held a Dialogue Seminar on the topic of Religion and Human Rights, hosted by the First Vice President of the Parliament, Mairead McGuinness. This event fell under the frame of Parliament’s implementation of Article 17 of the TFEU, which includes that “[…] the Union shall maintain an […]

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Christianity and Human rights

JESC — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 09:53:33 +0000

Last Wednesday, 12th of December, the European Parliament held a conference in Strasbourg entitled “Europe and the Future of Human Rights”. This event was organised to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted in Paris by the United Nations on December 10th, 1948. Political leaders and experts in the […]

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EU: Conflict Minerals agreement reached

JESC — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 21:04:16 +0000

22 November 2016: Following the publication of the EU’s proposed regulation on conflict minerals, JESC together with 27 other faith and civil society groups have issued this Press Release. EU: Conflict Minerals agreement reached as exemptions added The European Union (EU) has today taken a positive, but half-hearted, step towards cleaning up Europe’s trade in […]

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Retour sur le Faith and Politics workshop 2016

JESC — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 12:11:28 +0000

Lorsque l’on veut éviter des débats endiablés au cours d’un repas de famille, il est de coutume d’éviter deux sujets de discorde : la politique et la religion. Il est donc logique que tous les deux ans, les jésuites organisent à Venise un workshop pour jeune de 18-30 ans sur le thème suivant : faith and politics. […]

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