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Yesterday, a #SupremeCourt bench led by the Chief Justice gave the home ministry 2 weeks—first ordered in Sept 2022—to collate data on cases filed & action taken against attacks on #Christians.
Here is a thread on our investigations of attacks against #Christians in 3 states
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In Nov 2021, @nikita_jain15 reported from #Uttarakhand how civil rights campaigners recorded 305 attacks against Christians in 21 states between Jan-Sept 2021, almost every attack followed by a police case against a pastor alleging religious conversion.
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In Dec 2021, @mohitmrao travelled to 4 #Karnataka districts & found many attacks unreported, pastors & congregations fearful, with police reluctant to act against attackers, most allied with the ruling #BJP or its sister outfits
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Christians make up less than 0.3% of #MadhyaPradesh’s population, unchanged over 70 years. Yet Hindu extremists, @joyinderpura reported, encouraged by the partisan role of police & govt, had amped up intimidation & attacks on schools, homes & churches
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Our reporting found common elements: attacks growing before or after promulgation of anti-conversion laws; #Hindu fundamentalist outfits invading homes & churches, mostly unhindered by police, who tended to filed cases against the victims of intimidation and/or violence

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Jailed #Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez, 45, is one of 3 “outstanding activists” who will receive the @martinennals award for 2023, it was announced today in Geneva
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The Martin Ennals Award is an annual prize for human rights defenders, selected by a jury of 10 of the world’s leading human rights NGOs. The Award provides protection & support to human rights defenders at risk martinennalsaward.org/chad-venezuela…
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