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”
A new report documenting 505 cases of persecution in 2021 describes anti-conversion laws as “justification for the persecution of minorities”
They were threatened with dire consequences by Hindu hardliners if they refused
Many of the attacks were extremely well-planned
An anti-conversion bill for Karnataka state is expected to be ready by 5 December and to be tabled in the next legislature session, from 13 December
Hundreds of Christians took part in the peaceful rally
The probe was proposed by Gullihatti Shekar (pictured) who raised the issue of conversion
A Christian teenager has died in hospital in Bihar state, 46 days after suspected Hindu extremists threw acid over him
Five people were injured when a mob of over two hundred Hindu extremists attacked a church in Uttarakhand state, northern India, on Sunday 3 October
Christians in Uttar Pradesh state in northeast India have been suffering increased attacks by Hindu militants, often followed by arrest on false charges of forcible conversion
Pastor Vinod Kumar from Haryana state was beaten to death with a wooden beam on 30 June