Babu ThomasA United Nations human rights expert has called on India to ensure a safe environment for human rights defenders working in the country. “I am particularly concerned at the plight of human rights defenders working for the rights of marginalised people, i.e. Dalits, Adavasis (tribals), religious minorities and sexual minorities, who face particular risks …
Fr. Dominic Emmanuel The Supreme Court on January 21 upheld the verdict of the Orissa High Court and gave a life sentence to Bajrang Dal activist Dara Singh, who burnt alive Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons, Philip and Timothy, aged 10 and six respectively, on the night of January 22, 1999, as …
In a blatant display of bias, the judicial commission probing the 2008 church attacks in Karnataka has given a “clean chit” to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Sangh Parivar outfits. The Justice BK Somasekhara Commission, which submitted its report to Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Friday, said there was “no basis to …
Josephine Vivaldo, Christian Post Hollywood doesn’t like to hear you say “God”, “Jesus” or “Christian film”, says one producer. Oftentimes, Hollywood places Christian films in “a box,” says Todd Zeile, producer of the film “I Am”. But Zeile wants to change that. “We said, ‘no, that box doesn’t apply to us because we understand how …
Babu ThomasA fast track court in Orissa awarded three years rigorous imprisonment to fourteen accused in the 2008 Kandhamal riots. Judge CR Das of fast track court II in Phulbani sentenced seven people to rigorous imprisonment for setting fire to houses in Budamaha village in Raikia during the anti-Christian violence. The court also imposed a …
Dibin Samuel The head of a leading humanitarian charitable organization in the country has called on the Church to rise up from its ‘Sunday school centric’ response and become a prophetic community bringing healing to the lives of children who are neglected and are deprived of education. India is home to the world’s largest child …