Category: India

An angry mob attacked a Roman Catholic church in Narayanpur district on 2 January

The families were expelled from their home village in rural Chhattisgarh after refusing to deny their Christian faith

Nine pastors have been arrested and jailed on false charges of conversion activities in Uttar Pradesh state

Karthridasan Madhavan was burnt to death in the state of West Bengal

Police in Uttar Pradesh state arrested and brutally beat a pastor who was leading family devotions at his grandmother’s home

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

Karnataka state’s governor has signed anti-conversion legislation into place without waiting for it to be passed in the upper house

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

Pastor Yalam Sankar Timothy was murdered outside his home in a Chhattisgarh village on 17 March

A new report by the Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India documents 505 incidents of persecution of Christians in 2021