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Horrendous death of Pastor Praveen Pagadala
Suspicious Death of Pastor Praveen Pagadala Sparks Outrage and Calls for Investigation Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh – The sudden and mysterious death of Pastor Praveen Pagadala
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Violence and Discrimination Against Christians in India
India often bills itself as the world’s largest democracy. Meanwhile, Christians and other religious minorities continue to face harsh discrimination and brutal physical violence
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Indian Authorities Are ‘Turning a Blind Eye’ to Christian Persecution: Expert
During Thursday’s “Washington Watch,” Family Research Council President Tony Perkins observed, “India, [the] largest so-called democracy in the world, is a place of great
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Attack, Assault, Arrest, Repeat
When the police arrived at the door of a pastor in Uttar Pradesh in February 2024, the first question they asked was “What religion
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Indian Christians step up protests against anti-conversion law
More than 50,000 Christians in India's Arunachal Pradesh state gathered to protest a government plan to revive a stringent 40-year-old anti-conversion law, fearing its
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Concerns grow as Indian state plans death penalty for conversions
The chief minister of an Indian state has said he plans to amend a law to provide capital punishment for those engaged in religious
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FIACONA Elects New Leadership to Strengthen Advocacy for Persecuted Christians
Washington, D.C. – The Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations of North America (FIACONA) successfully conducted its 2025 leadership elections on January 30, reaffirming
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Indian Christians Stopped an Anticonversion Law Until Now.
Marbom Tasar’s story is well known among the Christian community in Arunachal Pradesh, a state in Northeast India that shares a disputed border with
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New Anti-Conversion Law Takes Effect in Rajasthan
As of this week, a newly enacted anti-conversion law requires people in India’s Rajasthan state to give two months’ notice to the government if
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50 Christians attacked at Sunday church service
Fifty Christians were attacked during a Sunday service in Rajasthan state in western India, when a group of about 200 people stormed a church
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Indian state asked to protect Christians after genocide threats
India's federal body to protect religious minorities' interests has urged the government in the central Chhattisgarh state to ensure Christians' safety after a right-wing
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War on faith or forced conversions?
In a shocking turn of events, on January 17, 2025, a special court in Uttar Pradesh’s Ambedkar Nagar handed down a five-year prison sentence
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India: Hindu persecution against Christians increases and reaches 800 cases. They also seek to apply a new anti-Christian law
The Christian community finds itself grappling with increasing threats to its existence and rights. Recent developments in Arunachal Pradesh, one of India’s most diverse
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Unchecked persecution, government silence will threaten Christian identity, says civil society group
The unchecked persecution of Christians in India and the silence of the government in such cases will threaten the Christian identity, the civil society
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Police arrest 7 Indian Christians for conversion on Republic Day
Police in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh arrested seven Christians in two separate cases following attacks by Hindu hardliners who accused of them
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Supreme Court delivers split verdict on burial rights of tribal Christian convert
The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a split verdict on whether a deceased Christian, who had converted from the Scheduled Tribe (ST) community, could
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India tops Christian persecution index with record property attacks, show major reports
India has recorded the highest number of attacks on Christian properties globally, with 4,949 incidents targeting homes, businesses and places of worship between November
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UNITED CHRISTIAN FORUM
UCF Says Unchecked Persecution and Continuing Government Silence Will Threaten Christian Identity
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Religious Persecution in the World’s Largest Democracy
The Evangelical Church of India has several churches, seminaries, and health centers throughout the country. Broadwell Christian Hospital in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, has cared
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Indian court jails first Christians under anti-conversion law
In a first in India, a court has jailed a Christian couple for five years for attempting to convert people in a northern state,
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Growing violence ‘threatens’ Christian existence in India
Indian Christians face an existential threat if the government fails to act immediately to stop the spiraling incidents of hate crimes, says an ecumenical
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2024 sees highest-ever violence against Christians in India, prominent Christian body valls for national-level inquiry
NEW DELHI: With a staggering 745 incidents of violence against Christians reported in India this year until November, an all-time high, the United Christian
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India tops persecution charts as Modi touts peace
India (MNN) — A newly released list by Global Christian Relief says India experienced the highest number of attacks on Christian property worldwide over
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Christian man unable to bury father: Supreme Court raps Chhattisgarh govt, issues notice
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has rapped the Chhattisgarh government and sought its response on a plea filed by a Christian man who said
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Indian Church decries anti-national tag on tribal Christians
An official of the Indian bishops' conference has questioned a Hindu leader’s claim that former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee supported converting tribal Christians to Hinduism
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CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFERENCE OF INDIA (CBCI)
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) deserves commendation for its courageous press release that unequivocally condemned RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's remarks, calling them
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Hindu nationalists protest outside of Christian church in northern India
MUMBAI, India – A right-wing Hindu nationalist organization held a demonstration outside of a Christian church in northern India, accusing it of “unlawful” religion
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Hindu nationalists tie up, brutalize Christian woman in India
Hindu extremists in eastern India on Dec. 26 stripped and beat a tribal Christian woman, tying her to a tree after she recovered her
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Indian Christians Petition President, Prime Minister
India (International Christian Concern) — Nearly 400 Christian leaders and 30 church groups have written a letter to Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister
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Record Anti-Christian Violence in India Spurs Calls for Action
Christians in India are experiencing a rise in persecution, according to a new report that has documented 745 instances of alleged violence against members of the