For months, Father Stan Swamy, an 84-year-old Jesuit priest, claimed his innocence in courts and pleaded for medical care, but Indian authorities denied him bail. He died at a hospital in July 2021 after spending more than eight months in jail on terrorism charges....
A court in China has jailed a housing rights activist for the second time on the charge of incitement against the state, a common accusation routinely used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to suppress dissent. The Intermediate People’s Court in Shanghai found Chen...
A Christian group in the southern Indian state of Karnataka has sought police protection for the minority community during the Christmas season. The Akhila Bharatha Christha Mahasabha (All India Christian Forum), a Protestant body, in a written communication to the...
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated renovated and extended building of St. Vincent’s Pro-Cathedral Church in Bhubaneswar, the capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha. “I am delighted to be here for the completion of the renovation of the church....
Fisherfolk’s protest against an under construction international seaport in Kerala has been called off after nearly five months, paving the way for re-starting the stalled construction work. Announcing the end of the stir on December 6, Father Eu-gene Pereira, the...
