Around 1,500 Christians from 14 to 15 states converged at Jantar Mantar on 29 November to voice concerns over a sharp rise in targeted violence and systematic discrimination against the minority community.
Two Christian families in Chhattisgarh were prevented from burying relatives on their own land after villagers refused to permit Christian burials and demanded Hindu rites instead.
Church leaders in Rajasthan have condemned what they describe as a baseless accusation of religious conversion filed against two pastors under the state’s newly implemented anti-conversion law.
Christian leaders in Haryana have expressed deep concern after a group of local believers were reportedly pressured by a Hindu mob to deny their faith and burn copies of the Bible.
A Pentecostal church in Odisha state was demolished around midnight on 16 November, allegedly by a mob of Hindu activists, sparking alarm and tension among Christians in Malkangiri district, church leaders said.
Christian leaders in Arunachal Pradesh state are voicing strong opposition to a renewed government effort to finalise rules for a decades-old law that restricts religious conversion, saying it poses a direct threat to constitutional freedom of religion.
The petition contends that these terms have been defined so broadly that they blur the distinction between voluntary and forced conversions.
According to statements from the newly formed group, authorities are failing to enforce existing laws related to missionary visas and “miracle cures,” prompting the organisation to call for a dedicated anti-conversion law in the state.
"The women were forced to take this extreme step because police have failed to register a case against their attackers."
Globally, nearly 50 million people are estimated to live in conditions of modern slavery, with around 11 million in India alone, making the country the world’s slavery capital.
Police and senior government officials in Madhya Pradesh state raided a Catholic seminary on 5 November after a local newspaper accused it of converting students to Christianity, amid growing reports of anti-Christian hostility in the region.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, November 4, held a meeting with senior bishops of the Syro-Malabar Church in New Delhi.
