INDIA: Pastors arrested, churches closed
Recent attacks in Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh state, have led to pastors being imprisoned and churches closed
Category: India
INDIA: Over 40,000 Christians displaced by ethnic violence in Manipur
Over seventy people (mainly Christian) were killed and some 230 wounded in the violence.
GLOBAL GUIDE LAUNCH: Over 200 million Christians at constant risk of persecution
The Global Guide was formally launched by Rev Trevor Sargent (Church of Ireland minister and former Green Party leader).
INDIA: 66 Christians expelled from tribal village
The families were expelled from their home village in rural Chhattisgarh after refusing to deny their Christian faith
INDIA: Nine pastors jailed on false charges of conversion activities
Nine pastors have been arrested and jailed on false charges of conversion activities in Uttar Pradesh state
INDIA: Evangelist killed by his own family
Karthridasan Madhavan was burnt to death in the state of West Bengal
INDIA: Police beat and charge pastor after family devotions
Police in Uttar Pradesh state arrested and brutally beat a pastor who was leading family devotions at his grandmother’s home
INDIA: Pastor and wife arrested as Karnataka’s anti-conversion law signed
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
INDIA: Karnataka governor signs anti-conversion law without passing upper house
Karnataka state’s governor has signed anti-conversion legislation into place without waiting for it to be passed in the upper house
INDIA: Injured pastor faces death threats, eviction and false charges
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