Essay: Why Australia should speak up for minorities in India
TIM COSTELLO, a senior fellow at Australia’s Centre for Public Christianity, reflects on the balance between promoting national interests and calling out injustices…
Indian PM speaks out against “menace” of mob attacks for first time
World Watch Monitor India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has for the first time condemned violence against minorities, saying that everyone has a duty to fight the “menace” of mob lynchings. But his critics say that, after four years in power at the head of a Hindu nationalist government, the comments have come too late. Attacks on […]
INDIA: HINDU EXTREMIST VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN SOUTHERN STATES
TEJASWI RAVINDER reports for World Watch Monitor…
Catholic Archbishop of Delhi calls for prayer in run-up to 2019 elections
World Watch Monitor The Catholic Archbishop of Delhi’s call for a ‘prayer campaign’ in India, made ahead of next year’s elections, has been criticised by the governing party. In a circular to all Catholic churches in the capital, dated 8th May, Archbishop Anil Couto asked for a weekly day of fasting “for the nation”, Indian […]
Indian Christians charged with ‘hurting religious sentiments’ by handing out Easter tracts
World Watch Monitor Four Christians, including the wife of a church leader, have been charged with “hurting religious sentiments” after they handed out Christian tracts during an Easter procession in India’s southern Telangana state. Rayapuri Jyothi, 38, Meena Kumari, 52, Mahima Kumari, 35 and Bagadam Sudhakar, 45, were taken into custody by police in the […]