In a recently published report, the Religious Liberty Commission (RLC) of the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) documented 327 cases of persecution against Christian community in 2020, while most of the population was under COVID-19 lock down.
As part of Hindu nationalists’ ongoing campaign to stop India’s tribal, or indigenous, people from converting to Christianity, a rightwing Hindu leader has demanded that all churches be closed down in a district in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.
In Odisha's Chichima village, six Christian families worshiping in a wood-and-hay church were assaulted by about 25 men who were outraged to see these families abandon their tribal culture and choose Christianity.
Members of a Pentecostal church in Telangana fear potential attacks in the future after unknown assailants desecrate their church leaving it partially damaged.
Police officials in Karnataka prohibit a group of about 50 Christians from meeting for worship services, arguing that they were not Christians from birth, but must have been converted to Christianity through force or fraud.
After over a month-long investigation, the interfaith marriage that took place on 9 November between a Christian bride and a Muslim groom in a parish church in Ernakulam-Angamali Archdiocese in Kerala has been declared invalid.
Three Indians and a Korean Christian accused of fraudulent conversion attempts were imprisoned under Uttar Pradesh’s new anti-conversion law that came into force on November 28.
Persecution has been widespread across India and China even during the pandemic, but things are only likely to get worse in 2021, Release International has warned.
On December 20, in the Archdiocese of Pondicherry-Cuddalore, Dalit Christians held a protest against the discrimination they faced in 45 Catholic parishes demanding equal rights for their group in the Church.
Hardline Hindus have petitioned the authorities in India to stop Christians from celebrating Christmas.
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday declared a 14-day night curfew from December 22, 2020 to January 5, 2021, from 11 pm to 6 am, as a precautionary measure against the new coronavirus strain from the UK.
The president of the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) shared his Christmas message with believers asking them to spend this Christmas in a simple way remembering the true meaning of coming of the Saviour.
