“A Brief Overview of the New Criminal Laws of India: How Will the New Criminal Laws Effect the Human Rights of Christians and Minority Religious Groups in India?”
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Religious Persecution and Its Connection to Social Development in India – Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI)
Thursday July 25, 2024 at 7:30 PM EST / 5 AM IST Friday July 26, 2024
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Meeting ID: 861 7516 7794
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Rev. Thalia Kehoe Rowden, serves as the Executive Director for the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI). Rev. Rowden is both a trained attorney and a Baptist clergy person whose organization believes what gets measured gets improved. HRMI argues for better use of data for researchers and advocates to make a case for governments to act justly and investing in sustainable development. In this interactive Forum, she will focus on the current state of India and human rights in relation to increased patterns of religious persecution. Discussion will include options for advocacy by civil society and faith groups for persecuted Christians and other religious minorities using the tools provided by HRMI.
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Challenges Facing the Christians of India Today led by Father Cedric Prakash, SJ
Tuesday July 16, 2024 at 1 PM EST / 10:30 PM IST
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Meeting ID: 832 423 9446
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Jesuit Catholic Priest Fr. Cedric Prakash is based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Fr. Prakash is an internationally respected voice and advocate for human rights, peace, and communal reconciliation. He has served in India and also among refugees in Lebanon and as a visiting scholar at Marquette University, Middlebury College, Eastern Mennonite University, among other universities. Fr. Prakash is a prolific writer and lecturer in Hindi, Gujarati, French and English, and an expert on the application of the Indian Constitution. He will present a clear path to the challenges to pursuing justice addressing religious persecution following India’s recently national elections and address the shifting challenges Christians now face in India. Discussion will include time to name opportunities for advocacy by faith communities and civil society.
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Please join us for a presentation and conversation with Fr. Francis Arackal, OP, PhD – “Christian Persecution in India and Our Response”
Sunday September 8, 2024 / 3:00 – 5:00pm
Dominican House of Studies
487 Michigan Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20017
202.529.5300
Fr.Francis Arackal is a member of the Indian Province of the Dominican Order, the Director of the Dominican Institute of Philosophy in Goa, and teaches philosophy and media communications in both Goa and Nagpur, India.https://www.farackal.org/
“An International Human Rights Reponse in Preparation for Prime Minister Modi’s Upcoming Address to the UN General Assembly and Particpation in the UN Summit of the Future New York, NY”
September 16, 2024/Monday 1:00pm Eastern Time
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8324239446?omn=83830219913
Meeting ID: 832 423 9446
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Please join us for a FIACONA Forum featuring Dr. Fernand de Varennes, former United Nations Special Rapportuer on Minority Issues. Dr Varennes serves as Extraordinary Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, Adjunct Professor at the National University of Ireland-Galway (Ireland), and Cheng Yu Tung Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong (China).
We will review India’s human rights record, policies determining treatment of minorities including Christians and other minority groups, projections for the future and appropriate international responses by civil society.
FIACONA board members the Rev. Dr. Evangeline Rajkumar will start us off by situating challenges based on gender, ethnicity, race and identity and Mr. Pieter Frederich, a journalist speciallizing on religious freedom in India, will assist us in fielding questions.
For more information, contact:
Rev. Neal Christie
Executive Director
NealChristie@fiacona.org
Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations of North America (FIACONA)
110 Maryland Ave, NE Suite 303, Washington, DC 20002 P: 202-285-4544
www.fiacona.org
