I am yet again standing in solidarity and grief with the Christians of Sargodha. I strongly condemn today's unfortunate incident in Sargodha which is reminiscent of the violent attacks against Christians in Jaranwala in August last year. It's crucial that any allegation of

Some reports say that Nazir Masih was killed, others deny it. But what is clear is that this reprehensible and horrible crime is a result of systematic hatred. No society should allow hatred to seep into its psyche. The results are always devastating. Praying for peace & order.

High Court upholds right to decent burial for Christians in Chhattisgarh christiantoday.co.in/news/high-cour…

Pranam Fr. Stan Swamy, the Jesuit Catholic priest who fought his life for justice and freedom of the oppressed, on his birth anniversary.
R.I.P 🙏🙏

Can we still sing about citizen’s freedom in India? Poor and vulnerable people never will forget the injustice done to Fr. Swamy

Statement from National United Christian Forum National United Christian Forum (NUCF) is a forum of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) and Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI).
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Statement from National United Christian Forum

National United Christian Forum (NUCF) is a forum of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) and Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI).
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A recent study had ranked India as having the third-highest percentage of children who had not eaten any food for 24 hours; experts say rapid urbanisation is fuelling malnutrition in country, writes Mayank Kumar

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Christian-run church, hospital, NGO, univ in #UP accused of forced conversions; funds frozen by #Modi govt; 201 #Christians listed as accused. But, as Akanksha Kumar reports, no actual conversions; FIRs use illegal, copy-paste 3rd-party complaints

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“I spent 140 days in jail. My wife still breaks down thinking the toll this case took, the money we spent”

Pastor at UP hospital, one of 4 #Christian institutions facing criminal cases for “forced conversion” with little evidence. Akanksha Kumar

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230 days in jail, arrested twice, accused by local media as “mastermind of conversions”, pastor Vijay Masih is one of 201 #Christians facing trial for “forcible conversions” in UP’s Fatehpur. Akanksha Kumar found case had little evidence 

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“After Muslims, it’s the turn of Christians”

Arrests, jail, criminal cases under UP’s anti-conversion law against >200 #Christians . Akanksha Kumar’s investigation of 4 FIRs reveals copy-paste complaints, police raids with no evidence

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In 2023, #India recorded 668 documented hate speech events that targeted Muslims, according to a report released by India Hate Lab, a Washington DC-based group that documents hate speech against India’s religious minorities.
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You cannot eliminate secularism just by dipping your hand in the preamble and kicking that one word out: Justice KM Joseph

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.The New York Times nailed the basic point regarding #ElectoralBond : “Though the purchases were anonymous in the sense of not being publicly reported, every buyer’s identity was known to the State Bank of India, which is run by the federal government.” Yes, Gov knew, opposition couldn’t.

BREAKING: SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN ELECTORAL BONDS SCHEME, says:

- Scheme violates right to information, can lead to quid pro quo

- Curbing black money and ensuring anonymity of donors can't be grounds to defend electoral bonds or need for transparency in political finding

Read this astonishing account from Manipur by Arunabh Saikia on the abject surrender by the state and its legislators to the Arambai Tenggol

Three MLAs were beaten up, one briefly hospitalised

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