INDIA: Pastor reunited with family after extremists lock him up to die
A pastor has been reunited with his family after Hindu extremists beat him unconscious, locked him in a room and left him to die.
Category: India
INDIA: Persecution Relief under pressure
Church in Chains partner organisation Persecution Relief is coming under severe pressure and founder Shibu Thomas has requested prayer
INDIA: Christians beaten and deafened in prayer meeting attack
Christians meeting for prayer in a house in Balapur in Telangana state have been attacked and beaten, leaving one with damaged eardrums.
INDIA: Fourth Christian killed in less than two months
A pastor was shot dead in Maharashtra state on 10 July making him the fourth Christian martyred in India since late May.
INDIA: Ambassador receives petition about persecution of Christians
The Indian Ambassador to Ireland, Mr Sandeep Kumar, welcomed a Church in Chains delegation to the Indian Embassy in Dublin to discuss the persecution of Christians in India.
INDIA: Religious extremists murder another Christian
After years of persecution, armed extremists murdered 27-year-old Christian Kande Mudu in Jharkhand state.
INDIA: Christian teenager murdered by Hindu extremists
14-year-old Samaru Madkami was brutally murdered by religious extremists who had been harassing his family for years.
INDIA: Attacks on Christians continue under lockdown
Violent attacks on Christians have continued in India despite the nation being in Covid-19 lockdown as two examples from Bihar and Odisha state show.
Covid-19 and the persecuted church
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads around the globe, some of the countries from which Church in Chains reports regularly have been very badly hit.
INDIA: Multiple attacks on Christians across country
Violence against Christians in India hit a new level in March with a large number of hate crimes across the country including cases of police brutality.