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...
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...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 24, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Vijayesh Lal, leader of the Evangelical Fellowship of India, says Christians are making a difference in times of Covid-19: “Local churches are providing relief to their neighbouring communities”. Evangelical Focus (22.02.2021) –...
