Fresh violence in India’s strife-torn Manipur state

Fresh violence in India’s strife-torn Manipur state

Fresh violence has erupted in India’s Manipur after the arrest of a prominent leader of a Hindu Meitei radical group, prompting authorities to tighten security in the strife-torn north-eastern state. Prohibitory orders were imposed at midnight on June 7, banning...
Christians in India’s Odisha seek their right to belief

Christians in India’s Odisha seek their right to belief

Christians in India’s Odisha have demanded that their constitutional right to freedom of religion be safeguarded amid rising religious persecution under the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which rules the eastern state. “Our people are assaulted, threatened,...
Strategy seen in attacks on priests in eastern India

Strategy seen in attacks on priests in eastern India

Christian leaders in eastern India claim that the increasing incidents of robbery and assaults on priests in the region are systematic and part of a larger agenda to weaken the Church’s mission. In the latest incident, five masked men broke into the vicarage of a...