U.N. experts have appealed to India’s government over the ongoing violence in Manipur state, which has left 187 dead, 70,000 displaced and hundreds of churches destroyed amid ethnic and religious tensions.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a plea by the chairperson of Broadwell Christian Hospital Society in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur and others accused in a forceful religious conversion .
In keeping with other instances of religious persecution seen throughout India, Meitei Christians have faced growing threats from groups around them in northeastern India either renounce your Christian faith and return to Meitei traditional religious practices or face dire consequences.
Even 75 years after independence, minority communities are facing harassment as fringe elements connive with the police and there is a stoic silence from the judiciary, senior advocate Dushyant Dave.
Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave informed the court that the situation was going out of control, and alleged that the accused was not being protected by the police or subordinate judiciary.