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INDIA: Attackers who drove out Christians threaten to kill them if they return

Attackers who drove Christians from their village in Chhattisgarh state in April have threatened to kill them if they return home

“Our presence here speaks louder than the embassy’s silence”

Christian Solidarity Worldwide has published a letter from Hakop in which he recounts human rights violations and death threats in custody

The children, aged five to six, were detained by police while attending a Sunday School class being held in a private home

Update: Lida was released on bail on 13 May

Mahendra Hembram was greeted by supporters who garlanded him and chanted the Hindu slogan, “Jai Shri Ram [Hail lord Rama]”

Pastor of Golden Lampstand is still waiting for her trial, while her husband’s and co-workers’ trial concluded in April.

Waves of recent attacks by Muslim Fulani militants on mainly Christian villages in Bokkos County

The 70-year-old grandmother was sentenced to four years and ten months in prison.

Return comes after eleven weeks in captivity

The Christian converts were arrested in December 2021

Campaign of threats and intimidation against him, his family and China Aid

The pastor of Cornerstone Reformed Church in Bengbu was arrested in April 2023 and has been in detention since.

The 63-year-old Christian convert had been on hunger strike in Tehran’s Evin Prison for 35 days when he suffered a stroke.

The actual number of attacks is likely much higher due to underreporting and fear of reprisals

The call came following a ruling by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Abbas Soori, Narges Nasri, and Mehran Shamloui were sentenced to over 40 years in prison on charges related to their faith.

Fourteen-year-old Saneha Sharif (pictured with her family) and Saba Shafique (12) were abducted separately in January

Christian convert released after submitting bail equivalent to €36,000 approx