by admin_HRWF | Feb 26, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Persecution of Christians and religious minorities: Report UK Parliament (22.02.2022) – https://bit.ly/3smM6fV – India is a multi-faith democracy, with a majority Hindu population. According to 2011 census data, 79.80% of the population of India is Hindu,...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 25, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Indian group asks bishops to take stand on anti-Christian violence By Nirmala Carvalho Crux Now (21.01.2022)- https://bit.ly/3FX8iR5 – A group of religious sisters and brothers in India is calling on the country’s Catholic bishops to make their voices...
by admin_HRWF | Jan 8, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
2021 “the most violent year” for Christians in India Agenzia Fides (04.01.2022) – https://bit.ly/3JU2nzo- The year 2021 ended as the most violent year in history for Christians in India, recording 486 episodes of violence and hatred that shook the...
by admin_HRWF | Dec 21, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Indian Christians fear attacks or jail over conversions By Imran Qureshi BBC (20.12.2021) – https://bbc.in/3petmxy – One Sunday in October, Pastor Somu Avaradhi got a shock when he entered his church in Hubballi city in the southern Indian state of...
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...
