INDIA: Killer of Graham Staines given hero’s welcome on release
Mahendra Hembram was greeted by supporters who garlanded him and chanted the Hindu slogan, “Jai Shri Ram [Hail lord Rama]”
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INDIA: Report documents 640 verified anti-Christian incidents in 2024
The actual number of attacks is likely much higher due to underreporting and fear of reprisals
INDIA: Nine Christians from two prayer groups arrested
Uttar Pradesh police arrested nine Christians from two prayer gatherings on 23 February and charged them with forced conversion
INDIA: Pastor and wife released on bail
Pastor Jose and Sheeja Papachan had been sentenced to five years imprisonment each under Uttar Pradesh’s anti-conversion law
INDIA: Christian woman miscarries following assault
Kunika Kashyap was admitted to hospital in a serious condition following a violent attack by tribal leaders.
INDIA: Christian leaders appeal to government
More than four hundred Christian leaders have sent an appeal letter to Prime Minister Modi demanding urgent action to address increasing violence
INDIA: Christians banned from their villages in Chhattisgarh state
100 Christians affected by order from village leaders
INDIA: Pastor given six-year sentence under “anti-conversion” law
Two church members also given six-year sentences
INDIA: Christian convert killed by Hindu relatives
Bindu Sodhi’s relatives beat her to death because they were angry that she had converted to Christianity
INDIA: Murdered convert’s widow still unable to return home
The widow of a Christian killed in a mob attack in Chhattisgarh state is living in fear five weeks after she fled their home and village