PRESS STATEMENT Kandhamal: Never Again On the 6th anniversary of the Kandhamal carnage, the Evangelical Fellowship of India stands in solidarity with the victims of the violence in Kandhamal district of eastern Indian state of Orissa in 2008. Orissa has a long history of anti Christian violence including the attack on the villagers of Kattingia …
PRESS STATEMENT Kandhamal: Never Again On the 6th anniversary of the Kandhamal carnage, the Evangelical Fellowship of India stands in solidarity with the victims of the violence in Kandhamal district of eastern Indian state of Orissa in 2008. Orissa has a long history of anti Christian violence including the attack on the villagers of Kattingia …
New Delhi: “The National Human Rights Commission has seen with concern several recent media reports on sexual assault in different parts of the country violating human rights of victim girls and women. Wherever and in whatever number these incidents have happened, the Commission deplores all such acts, which have a direct bearing on human rights, including …
Over 50 dalit people have complained to Tiruchirapalli district Collector about police harassment following a dispute over their participation in the annual car festival of a church in the Periyavarseeli village.The villagers came from the neighboring Pokkattakudi Seshasamudram near Lalgudi town on May 13 after police allegedly beat them up over the weekend. The trouble …
John Malhotra Former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno A Sangma, who is contesting the July 19 election for the office of the President, had hardly anything satisfactory or substantial to say about Kandhamal killings, massacre of Graham Staines and anti-conversion law during an interview last week. Appearing on CNN-IBN’s Devil’s Advocate, Sangma was quizzed on his …
Dr. John Dayal New Delhi: Geneva is not the usual place for a government to reassure its people on their future security, but India does have a golden opportunity there during the United Nations-conducted Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which takes place towards the end of May 2012. In a manner of speaking, the UPR, which every …