India: Attacks Persist
On May - 31 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS
Hindu
extremists continue to target Christians in India with harassment, false
accusations, beatings and even murder. The Global Council of Indian Christians
believes Hindu extremists are behind two recent murders of Christians in the
state of Andhra Pradesh. In the most recent case, 17-year-old Nirupama Pradhan
was raped and murdered after school on May 12, 2011. Her father, Sitrian
Pradhan, named the possible murderer, but according to Asia...
Eleven Church of Iran members have been acquitted of charges
that they committed “activities against the order of the country” and that they
illegally drank alcohol. Both charges relate to their involvement in a house
church meeting at which they drank Communion wine. The Christians, who were
arrested and charged in April, were brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal
on May 1 to present their case.
In a mid-May verdict, a judge...