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INDIA: More Christians killed in Manipur state as violence continues

On 9 June three ethnic Kuki Christians were killed in a church attack in Manipur state.

Recent attacks in Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh state, have led to pastors being imprisoned and churches closed

Over seventy people (mainly Christian) were killed and some 230 wounded in the violence.

The Global Guide was formally launched by Rev Trevor Sargent (Church of Ireland minister and former Green Party leader).

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