Posts Tagged ‘india’
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Amnesty: Executions in the Middle East Alarming
— Twenty-one nations carried out the death penalty in 2012, according to Amnesty International's yearly report, published Wednesday. That is the same number as in 2011 - but a marked shift from ten years ago, when 28 countries ...
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Church walls go up, then torn down by local government
Cheers went up as a backhoe tore down the barely finished walls of the Batak Protestant Church near Jakarta, Indonesia on Thursday. The pile of rubble that remained was only the latest setback to Christians trying to retain a t...
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The ‘Untouchables’ come to NRB 2013 in Nashville
The Dalits, also known as the “untouchables” and “outcastes,” make up nearly one quarter of India’s 1.2 billion people. There are an estimated 250 million Dalits and they make up history’s longest-standing oppressed people group.
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2 pastors in India arrested after being beaten, threatened
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Pastor Mallik Arjun knew something was wrong when he received a call from the mobile phone of his friend and fellow pastor in Gadag District, Karnataka state – but it was a stranger on the other ...
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Violence against Christians spreading in India
Hindu extremist attacks on Christians in Maharashtra state could expand even as violence elsewhere in India grows in areas where extremist groups had not beeen so active, Christian leaders said.
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The Dalai Lama says ‘no’ to Christian conversions
Christians in India are expressing confusion and concern over recent statements made by the Dalai Lama. Some of the statements of the Dalai Lama made against conversions and the work of Christian missionaries are causing confus...
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5 men plead not guilty in India rape case
Five men accused of the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in India have pleaded not guilty, in a case that sparked outrage across the country.
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2 attacks prompt Christians to stop meeting at Indian church
An uneasy calm prevails 20 miles east of India’s largest city, in a rural village where Hindus recently have twice attacked Christians, who in turn have agreed to stop holding meetings in a prayer hall.
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India gang-rape trial begins
The trial of five men accused of the brutal rape and murder of a 23-year old student in New Delhi has begun in a fast-track court for crimes against women.
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Christian band seeks to stop human trafficking across Nepal-India border
Christian band VOTA is partnering with Tiny Hands International to help stop the flow of human trafficking across the border of Nepal into India by raising support for five border monitoring stations for the next five years.