India

“A study by Article 14, a watchdog group, revealed that in the first year after the original 2021 statute passed, half of the 101 reported violations came from third parties. Most of the third parties were Hindu nationalist outfits that were using the law to harass Christians.” - Baptist Press

“The USCIRF’s 2024 annual report highlights a series of laws — such as the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, and the Citizenship Amendment Act — and governmental actions that have systematically targeted religious minorities, including Christians” - CPost

“Article 25 of India’s constitution guarantees freedom of religion, affirming ‘Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion.’ In practice, however, there is significant religious persecution…” - Providence

“Hindu extremists in Chhattisgarh burn down churches and homes and attack tribal believers.” - CToday



“It seems that no amount of reform, legal enforcement and economic development can stop the people of my country [India] from littering and abusing the environment around them. They need a different worldview.” - Cornwall Alliance



“A single judge bench of India’s Punjab and Haryana High Court held on Friday that the ‘entire animal kingdom including avian and aquatic’ species has a ‘distinct legal persona with corresponding rights, duties, and liabilities of a living person.’” - Jurist



India Militants Attack Baptist Pastors; Several Injured



India textbook says meat-eaters lie and commit sex crimes





Indian ‘living god’ in critical condition: hospitalThe wild-haired leader has a following of millions in India and abroad, many of whom believe him to be a living god, and the reincarnation of the great spiritual guru, Sai Baba of Shirdi, who died in 1918.