By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, April 30, 2020: Recently, the Odisha Legal Aid Centre secured a significant legal victory. It brought justice for Babita Nayak, daughter of a person who was killed in the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Odisha’s Kandhamal district. She had been wrongly denied compensation by the OdishaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 29, 2020: More efforts are needed to protect unborn baby girls in India, says a Christian legal advocacy organization. Vanishing Girls is a campaign initiated by the Indian unit of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF India) to raise awareness against the practice of sex-selectiveContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ratlam, Feb 18, 2020: The Sessions Court in Ratlam, a town in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, on February 19 acquitted eight Christians falsely accused of kidnapping 60 children for fraudulent religious conversion. The court acquitted them of all charges, bringing joy among ChristianContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, October 9, 2019: The Vanishing Girls Campaign of the Indian unit of the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF India) will conduct on October 11 a musical program to celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child. “Asmita Theatre,” a well-known theater group of the nationalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 27, 2019: Delhi state’s health minister says the practice of sex determination and sex-selective abortions is rampant among the rich and affluent families in the national capital. The worst affected among Delhi’s 11 district is South Delhi that houses posh residential enclaves ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, March 31, 2019: In February, the Supreme Court of India directed the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) to respond within three months to a representation seeking the redefinition of the term “minority.” The representation had been pending before the Commission for 15 months. One can understand why theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, November 22, 2018: The Indian unit of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) on November 22 celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It launched a campaign “I’m Human, Right?” to commemorate the United Nations’ proclamation on December 10, 1948 in ParisContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Jaunpur, a district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has witnessed “aggressive onslaught” on Christians from Hindu fundamental groups, says the Indian unit of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), an advocacy group. “In September the district has witnessed 12 incidents of violence againstContinue Reading