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by Nirmala Carvalho
Ultra-nationalist Hindu Bajrang Dal activists accuse the Christians (still in prison) of forced conversions. Sajan George, president of the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC): "Deliberate and well planned attacks. Apparent collusion between government and Hindu extremists. " 40 incidents of anti-Christian violence in Karnataka, this year.  read more »

Bangalore : Bishop Bernard Moras termed Justice Somashekara Commission report as highly communal, propagandist. And also accused that this report deliberately absolves the persons and organizations responsible for attacks as mentioned in the Interim Report. Since the Commission’s Highlights of the Final Report has failed to address the terms of reference of the commission and had failed to do justice to the Christian Community of the Karnataka, entire Christian Community, unanimously reject this Commissions Report he said.  read more »

Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) has demanded that the Karnataka government reject Justice Somasekara Commission report which gave a clean chit to the state administration, BJP leaders and the Sangh Parivar in the attacks on churches in September 2008. GCIC has also demanded the publication of report submitted by the special investigation team of National Human Rights Commission on Karnataka Church Attack.
Download report here (220 kpb pdf)

Thousands of Christians from Europe began a peaceful demonstration in Brussels on Saturday to protest the escalation of violence against Christians in Iraq and other nations in the Middle East. Unfortunately, when President Barack Obama visited the region, he was silent about the murder and persecution of Christians in Muslim and communist countries.(Islamic officer in veil frisks a Christan nun-Obam's America)
As if the United Nations' failure to address the persecution of Christians weren't bad enough, that international body's resolution called “Defamation of Religions” will lay the legal ground work for a country to legalize persecution of their citizens if they believe in a different religion than the state. Such a resolution would be of great assistance to Muslim, communist and socialist nations who view the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Holy Bible impediments to their political or theological goals.  read more »

Civil Writ Petition No. 9995 of 2005 (1)

In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh.

Civil Writ Petition No. 9995 of 2005
Date of Decision: August 31.2009

Diocese of Amritsar of the Church of North India and others

…………………..Petitioners

Versus

Buta Anayat Masih and others
…………………..Respondents

Coram : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN

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Present: Ms. Abha Rathore, Advocate.
For the petitioners.

Mr. Kumar Vishav Aggarwal, Advocate,
for the respondents

1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes
2. To be referred to the reporters or not? Yes
3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? Yes

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Bangalore-8th June

Syed Mohammad Ibrahim and ten others have moved the high court against the life term handed tothem by a lower court for thier involvement in series of bomb blasts at churches in Karnataka,Hyderabad and Goa in 2000.The case has been adjourned by a division bench headed by Justice K.L.Manjunath  read more »