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Fr. Stan Swamy, S.J., Arrested Under False Charges in India

Fr. Stan Swamy, S.J., a Jesuit from India, was arrested on October 8, 2020 and sent to jail under false charges and is one of the latest in a recent string of arrests of human rights defenders in the area.   

Jesuit Fr. Steve Kelly Sentenced for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience at U.S. Nuclear Weapon Facility

Father Steve Kelly, S.J., a 71-year-old Jesuit priest and member of the nonviolent civil disobedience group the Kings Bay Plowshares 7, was sentenced for a 2018 action on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., inside the U.S. Navy Kings Bay nuclear submarine base in Georgia.