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INDIA: Attackers who drove out Christians threaten to kill them if they return

Attackers who drove Christians from their village in Chhattisgarh state in April have threatened to kill them if they return home

Mahendra Hembram was greeted by supporters who garlanded him and chanted the Hindu slogan, “Jai Shri Ram [Hail lord Rama]”

The actual number of attacks is likely much higher due to underreporting and fear of reprisals

Uttar Pradesh police arrested nine Christians from two prayer gatherings on 23 February and charged them with forced conversion

Pastor Jose and Sheeja Papachan had been sentenced to five years imprisonment each under Uttar Pradesh’s anti-conversion law

Kunika Kashyap was admitted to hospital in a serious condition following a violent attack by tribal leaders.

More than four hundred Christian leaders have sent an appeal letter to Prime Minister Modi demanding urgent action to address increasing violence

100 Christians affected by order from village leaders

Two church members also given six-year sentences

Bindu Sodhi’s relatives beat her to death because they were angry that she had converted to Christianity