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    List of Incidents targeting the Christian Community in India November – December 2014

    The Evangelical Fellowship of India expresses concern at the alarming rate at which the Christian community is being targeted in India. The EFI’s Religious Liberty Commission recorded more than 38 incidents targeting the Christian community in November – December 2014, with 31 incidents taking place in December alone. The incidents range from physical violence, false

    Kandhamal: Never Again

    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

    EFIRLC Press Statement on Chhattisgarh Gram Panchayat Resolutions

    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

    Persecution Watch May 31, 2014

    Church Properties Damaged in Karnataka On 18 May in Kundupur, properties of two churches were allegedly damaged by unidentified miscreants. Our correspondent Rev. Noel Kotian reported that an ornamental pot at the entrance of the Holy Rosary church was found broken and a signpost leading to St. Antony Church in Koteshwar also was found uprooted.

    Persecution Watch June 30, 2014

    Christians beaten up, 10 hospitalized in Chhattisgarh On 16 June, a mob of Hindu extremists brutally beat up Christians and 10 believers including two women who were later rushed to the hospital in Sirisguda, Bastar town, Jagdalpur. According to our correspondent, Rev Akhilesh Edgar, about 100 Christians who were denied rations for two months for

    STATEMENT: NHRC deplores rising incidents of sexual assault against women

    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