The intensifying persecution against Christians in India has shown no sign of abating and, during the Easter holidays, Hindu extremists in Odisha and Chhattisgarh states violently attacked believers, destroyed homes and property, and harassed grieving relatives, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyPolice in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state have detained dozens of evangelical Christians for allegedly violating a law banning “religious conversion” after complaints by Hindus.
...continue reading this storyRadicalized Hindus in India’s Uttar Pradesh state on Thursday locked a congregation of 100 Christians in their church and then had 36 of them arrested and jailed on alleged forced conversion charges, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyChristians urged prayers Wednesday after a Muslim-background Christian was sentenced to ten years in prison for “blasphemy” and hate speech in Indonesia’s West Java Province.
...continue reading this storyEvangelical Christians in bankrupt Sri Lanka were weighing their options Friday after new details emerged of a Buddhist mob storming a church and injuring one believer.
...continue reading this storyDevoted Christians in northwestern Vietnam faced a challenging Easter after government officials raided a Catholic Church service in the region.
...continue reading this storyA Christian in Indonesia has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for uploading Youtube videos that were critical of Islam, his former faith, Christian Today (CT) reports.
...continue reading this storyA Pakistani Christian family whose relatives were killed by angry Muslims will soon travel to Australia after receiving asylum following a decade of waiting, activists say.
...continue reading this storyChristians fear devoted believers in northern India may face up to 10 years imprisonment if they are caught evangelizing among non-Christians.
...continue reading this storyA Christian pastor who is still recovering after Hindu extremists beat him almost to death in India’s Madhya Pradesh state in January is now facing eviction after his assailants told his landlord to throw him out of his home, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Christians in India have come under increasingly intense persecution since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in 2014.
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