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.
Category: India
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.
INDIA: Hindu extremists beat Christian children
Hindu extremists in Karnataka state beat children attending a house church meeting and accused the adults of carrying out conversions.
INDIA: Report shows increase in attacks on Christians in 2019
A report published by Persecution Relief shows that the number of hate crimes against Christians in India rose again in 2019, to a new annual high of 527 reported incidents.
INDIA: Police in Bihar criticised for bias and inaction
Police took no action after Pastor Shelton Viswanathan was beaten by Hindu extremists.
INDIA: Dublin embassy willing to engage in dialogue
Mr Sandeep Kumar, the newly-appointed Ambassador of India, has said that the Indian Embassy in Dublin wishes to engage in dialogue with Church in Chains.
IRELAND: TDs and Senators petition Indian Ambassador to protect Indian Christians
Seventeen members of the Oireachtas have signed a petition to the Indian Ambassador requesting the Indian government to act to protect Christians who continue to face ongoing attacks from Hindu extremists.
INDIA: Church building burned to ashes in Uttar Pradesh
In the early hours of 16 November, extremists set fire to a church building in Ahladpur village and burned it down.