INDIA: Police beat and charge pastor after family devotions
Police in Uttar Pradesh state arrested and brutally beat a pastor who was leading family devotions at his grandmother’s home
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INDIA: Pastor and wife arrested as Karnataka’s anti-conversion law signed
On the day Karnataka state’s anti-conversion law was signed into effect, a pastor and his wife were accused of forcible conversion and arrested
INDIA: Karnataka governor signs anti-conversion law without passing upper house
Karnataka state’s governor has signed anti-conversion legislation into place without waiting for it to be passed in the upper house
INDIA: Injured pastor faces death threats, eviction and false charges
Pastor Kailash Dudwe from Madhya Pradesh state, beaten unconscious by a mob in January, is facing death threats, eviction and false charges of forcible conversion
INDIA: Over five hundred incidents of persecution of Christians documented in 2021
A new report by the Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India documents 505 incidents of persecution of Christians in 2021
INDIA: New report calls anti-conversion laws “justification for persecution”
A new report documenting 505 cases of persecution in 2021 describes anti-conversion laws as “justification for the persecution of minorities”
INDIA: Forty Christians forcibly reconverted to Hinduism
They were threatened with dire consequences by Hindu hardliners if they refused
INDIA: Hindu extremists stop Christmas services in Haryana state
Many of the attacks were extremely well-planned