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17 Christians held under India’s anti-conversion law ( UCA News )

Seventeen people, including seven women, have been arrested in a northern Indian state under the draconian anti-conversion law. Police in Uttar Pradesh arrested them during the Sunday...

Christian priest booked by MP police for sharing post on Manipur dies by suicide ( The News Minute )

A Syro Malabar Church priest, who was recently booked by the Madhya Pradesh police for sharing a post on Manipur violence in social media...

Indian Catholics reject compensation for lynching victims ( UCA News )

Catholic leaders have found fault with the move by a central Indian state to award one million Indian rupees as compensation for mob lynching victims. “A one...

Christian orphanage denied permit renewal by Indian state, intensifying concerns about religious freedom ( Christian Post )

By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor A Christian orphanage in a central Indian state has been denied a renewal of its permit to receive foreign charitable...

Data: Rise in Attacks on Christians in India, Up Four Times in 11 Years (2012-2022) ( The Wire )

By Jahnavi Sen / The Wire New Delhi: On Thursday, September 7, the United Christian Forum (UCF) – a civil society organisation focused on Christian issues,...

2 arrested for forced religious conversions in UP’s Kanpur ( Mangalorean )

Kanpur: The Kanpur police have arrested two persons from Vishnupuri Labour colony in city’s Nawabganj area on charges of alleged religious conversion, police said. Activists of...

Religious violence reaches India’s capital as a Hindu mob swarms a church ( NBC News )

By Mithil Aggarwal / NBC News  NEW DELHI — Abhishek Donald was at church last month, playing the drums as usual, when he and fellow parishioners...

2 arrested in Kanpur for forced religious conversion, probe on ( Times of India )

Kanpur: Police nabbed two persons from Vishnupuri Labour colony in city’s Nawabganj area on charges of religious conversion on Sunday. Activists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad...

Christian educator in India accused of human trafficking ( The Baptist Paper)

A Christian educator accompanying students to a Bible institute in India was arrested and charged with human trafficking and fraudulent conversion. Liju Kuriakose was arrested...