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    The alarming state of fundamentalist intolerance and associated religious violence against religious minorities, Dalits & Indigenous Peoples in India

    Human Rights Council  Nineteenth session | Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development. Written statement* submitted by the International association for Religious Freedom, a non-governmental organization in general consultative status The Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is

    Gender equality crucial to alleviating poverty

    A new report from an international alliance of Christian aid agencies has pointed to the importance of gender equality in tackling poverty. The report from the ACT Alliance, published to mark International Women’s Day today, says that men and women must work together to make gender equality a reality. It describes gender equality as central

    Survey: 42% Indian children are malnourished

    About 42 percent of all Indian children under age 5 suffer from malnutrition, according to a new survey. “Child malnutrition is widespread across states and districts and starts early in life: 42 per cent of children under five are underweight and 59 per cent are stunted,” states the HUNGaMA (Hunger and Malnutrition) Report, which surveyed

    Persecution Report Yearly Compilation 2011

    Christian Community Vulnerable to Violence in India FOREWORD “The Christian community in India continue to suffer for the sake of their service and witness to Jesus Christ. With 140 major incidents of violence against the community in 2011, the crucial issues of the rights of minorities, and freedom faith are involved. The Church will continue

    Govt will not withdraw communal violence bill: Moily

    Babu ThomasThe government will not withdraw the Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence Bill 2011, Corporate Affairs Minister M Veerappa Moily said on Sunday. At a press conference in Mangalore, Moily said there was a national consensus on the government bringing the bill.  The draft bill has been debated at various levels, including the parliamentary

    Rev Khanna was framed, media reports are wrong: CNI Bishop

    Dibin SamuelDenying reports that Rev CM Khanna had confessed of converting Muslim youths by inducement, the head of the Amritsar Diocese, Bishop PK Samantaroy, on Tuesday said the Kashmir pastor was framed and sent to prison on flimsy charges. On Saturday, the police in Srinagar arrested Rev Khanna for his alleged involvement in “forceful conversions”