INDIA – Christians as target during the lockdown
Frontline | Zaya Salam | August 18 2020 At least two reports by Christian organisations in India say that life has been precarious for the members of the minority community during…
INDIA – The Ongoing and Intensifying Persecution of Christians in India
Christian Headlines | John Stonestreet & Roberto Rivera | August 17, 2020 In late July, the body of Pastor Balvinder Bagicha Bhatti was found on the side of the road…
INDIA – Christians who refused to worship false gods beaten by tribal animists
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | July 22, 2020 Tribal animists in India brutally beat three Christian families before driving them from the village over the believers' refusal to…
INDIA – Covid-crisis spike in anti-Christian violence, discrimination in India reports regional watchdog
Barnabas Fund | July 21, 2020 In the first half of 2020 the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) recorded 135 cases of targeted violence and discrimination against Christians, including three murders, according…
INDIA – Recent Killings Have Indian Christians Fearful of a Deadly New Trend
International Christian Concern | July 17, 2020 In just over a month, four Christians, including a woman, a teenager, and a pastor, were killed in India because of their faith.…
INDIA – Tribal animists beat pastor, threaten to destroy vocal cords to halt further evangelism
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | April 29, 2020 After demolishing a pastor’s house and driving his family into the jungle, tribal animists in central India severely beat the…
INDIA – Christians in India see dramatic increase of attacks in 2020
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | April 21, 2020 Attacks on Christians and their places of worship in India continued to escalate in both number and severity in the…
INDIA – Christians in India’s Karnataka State Endure Spike in Persecution
International Christian Concern | April 5, 2020 Since the beginning of 2020, there has been a dramatic escalation in Christian persecution in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Reports of…
INDIA – Christians arrested for ‘forcible conversion’ while providing aid to the poor
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | April 2, 2020 Christians in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state were arrested on false charges of “forcible conversion” while providing food and other…
INDIA – Police Detain Christians Providing Aid to the Poor in Tamil Nadu, India
Morning Star News | March 30, 2020 Police in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state rushed to a slum where Christians were providing food and other aid earlier this month and…
INDIA – Pastor says life becoming ‘far more difficult’ for Christians amid escalating persecution
Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | March 25, 2020 A pastor in India has opened up about the deteriorating state of religious freedom in the country, revealing things are…
INDIA – Hindu leader threatens Christians with new wave of persecution
Christian Post | Anugrah Kumar | March 23, 2020 The chief of a Hindu nationalist group has launched a nationwide campaign against “forcible” conversions to Christianity. In a media interview,…
INDIA – Christians Suffer Police Brutality, Illegal Arrests in Uttar Pradesh, India
Morning Star News | March 22, 2020 Forcing them to pose like Christ on the cross, police last week beat Christians in custody on baseless charges in northern India’s Uttar…
INDIA – Religious goons torture lone Pastor, Maharashtra
Persecution Relief Correspondent | March 7, 2020 A young Pastor was severely tortured and threatened for over 3 hours by religious goons. Ashok(name changed on request of victim for security reasons) is a Pastor who leads a Church that gathers in a…
INDIA – Attacked hospital accused of conversion in India
UCA News | March 5, 2020 Police have arrested an employee of a Catholic hospital and slapped conversion charges on a Catholic nun for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of Hindus…
INDIA – Five Believers in India Tied and Beaten
India (International Christian Concern) – Villagers in central India ruthlessly attacked five Christians after they had made a complaint to the police. The believers were tied, and one managed to escape…
INDIA – Indian Christians Endure at Least 25 Instances of Persecution Over Christmas Holiday
International Christian Concern | Jan. 17, 2019 The 2018 Christmas season was discouraging and painful for many Christian communities across India, as International Christian Concern (ICC) documented at least 25…