News from India
Indian Christians Observe Second Anniversary of Manipur Violence
Christians in northeast India marked the second anniversary of violence that struck Manipur in 2023. As the anniversary passed, a lasting peaceful solution to the brutal ethnic and communal conflict that erupted between the Hindu-majority Meitei and Christian-majority Kuki-Zo communities in Manipur is still nowhere in sight.
Lawyers, Activists Demand Accountability for Police who Attacked Christians
On April 21, the All India Christian Council called upon the Director General (DG) of Police, in Odisha state, to take immediate action on police officers who were involved in a brutal attack on tribal Christians in the Gajapati district of Odisha last month.
Hindu Nationalists Disrupt Easter Service with Knives, Sticks
As a small church in Gujarat, India, peacefully celebrated Easter on Sunday, several men with alleged ties to Hindu nationalist organizations interrupted the service, carrying sticks and knives and claiming the Christians had no right to practice their faith.
Hindu Groups Harass Christian Tourists in India
Two busloads of Christians on a Lenten pilgrimage tour in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh were intercepted by Hindu nationalist groups on March 31 and handed over to police in the town of Jabalpur.
USCIRF Finds that ‘Particularly Severe’ Persecution is Ongoing in India
In a report issued last week, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended that India be designated as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC). The recommendation, which USCIRF has made for six years in a row, has not previously been followed by the Department of State, which controls the CPC designation.
Attacks Against Christians Quadruples in India According to New Report
The Evangelical Fellowship of India’s Religious Liberty Commission (EFIRLC) verified 640 incidents of violence and discrimination against Christians in India in 2024, which is more than quadruple the 147 cases recorded in 2014.
3 Churches Attacked in Andhra Pradesh
Hindu nationalist mobs attacked three churches during recent Sunday worship services, leaving the local Christian communities in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh shaken.
Christians Protest Anti-Conversion Law
On March 6, nearly 200,000 Christians in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh in India peacefully protested a proposal to implement an anti-conversion law that had remained dormant for 45 years.