by admin_HRWF | Jul 2, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
INDIA: Destructive Lies: Open Doors publishes new LSE report on situation of religious minorities Open Doors (07.01.2021) – Christians across India are living in constant fear as a systematic campaign of violent harassment, rape, and murder is waged...
by admin_HRWF | May 13, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
In India’s Gujarat state, new anti-conversion law threatens Christians, Muslims By Jose Kavi & Saji Thomas Aid to the Church in Need (10.05.2021) – https://bit.ly/3eGFXEd – CATHOLIC CHURCH LEADERS IN INDIA have opposed an anti-conversion law...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 28, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By CSW’s Asia Team leader FORB in full (26.04.2021) – https://bit.ly/3vvRPPf – In 2014, months after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came into power, Praveen Togadia, the former President of the Visha Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council [VHP]), said that...
by admin_HRWF | Apr 12, 2021 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Forced marriage has long been a problem in India and Pakistan, but the pandemic has made things worse by forcing millions out of work Girls are seen by some as a financial burden from the moment they menstruate. For desperate families, marrying them off seems an easy...
by admin_HRWF | Mar 10, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
By Nirmala Carvalho Hindu nationalists in the state legislature voted the bill on 8 March as a gift to women. For the president of the Global Council of Indian Christians, the law “promotes hatred, divisions and tensions between different communities”, and...
