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Jharkhand Becomes Ninth State in India to Pass Anti-Conversion Law

Jharkhand, in northern India, became the most recent state in the country to criminalize religious freedom when its governor, Draupadi Murmu, signed an anti-conversion bill into law on September 5. Nine Indian states...

Indian Journalist Critical of Hindutva Assassinated

Gauri Lankesh, an Indian journalist who was gunned down outside her home in Bengaluru on the evening of September 5, denounced “Brahman hegemony” in her last major public speech. Speaking in March 2017...

California Vigil Commemorates Pastor Assassinated in Punjab

:dateline:“We are here to honor Pastor Sultan Masih,” said Bhajan Singh as he spoke to a group of 30 Sikhs, Christians, and others who gathered in the northern Californian city of Roseville...

Vigil Planned in California for Murdered Punjabi Pastor

:dateline@Christians will join leaders of local Sikh and other Indian communities outside City Hall in downtown Roseville, CA on August 28 for a candlelight vigil commemorating Pastor Sultan Masih, who was...

India’s Mob Lynchings Provoke International Wave of Protests

From California to Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh to New York, groups impacted by a rising tide of mob lynchings of minorities in India are taking to the streets to protest. The month of...

Filmmaker Terrorized for Exposing Caste Slavery in Tamil Nadu

After releasing a documentary exposing in vivid detail the daily lives of manual scavengers in Tamil Nadu, 26-year-old filmmaker Divya Bharathi has been slapped with criminal charges, including cyber terrorism. “Kakkoos,” a nearly...

Killing of Punjabi Pastor Linked to Facist Hindu Terrorist Group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

:dateline:Pastor Sultan Masih, who was gunned down in Ludhiana on July 16 while standing outside his church, had previously been confronted and threatened by members of the violent Hindu nationalist organization, Rashtriya...

Killing of Punjabi Pastor Alarms Indian Minorities in North America

:dateline:The drive-by shooting of Pastor Sultan Masih in Punjab, India on July 16 is alarming minorities of Indian origin as far away as California. “We denounce this killing in the strongest terms,” said...

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