Tag: India

Catholic school staff harassed in India

Hindu nationalists harassed the school staff while they had a picnic.

Ethnoreligious violence surges in Manipur

The Christian Kuki-Zo and Hindu Meiteis tribes revived violence in the the north-eastern state of Manipur

Hindu nationalists humiliate and tie up Christian women in India

Two Christian women were beaten, tied to a tree and tortured on the 26th December

Christians threatened not to celebrate Christmas

Tribal Christians in India were threatened not to celebrate Christmas and convert to Hinduism.

Protestant pastor and his wife released on bail

They spent around 20 months in jail for alleged religious conversion.

Another Indian state about to enact anti-conversion law

According to the draft, "forced conversion" could be punished with up to ten years in prison.

Christians to be casted out or forced to renounce their faith

In Chhattisgarh these were the two options from which about a hundred Christian was forced to choose.

Eleven female evangelists arrested on false charges in India

Bhagwanpur police detained eleven Christian female evangelists and seven other local Christians

Indian bishops condemn governor's speech

Bishops of Tamil Nadu condemn the state governor's speech, finding it historically inaccurate and offensive.

Catholic Church in India fights for the rights of farmers

A Catholic group pleaded for an investigation in the case of fraud against cardamom farmers that affected more than 1500 of them.