INDIA: THREE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS ARRESTED IN MADHYA PRADESH FOR “FORCED CONVERSIONS” Rev V A Anthony V, his wife Prabha and another woman are arrested after police and Hindu radicals stopped them and took them into custody. Extremists waited until the court rejected the accused’s request for bail. For Christian leaders, religious freedom is at risk under Hindu nationalist rule. Nirmala Carvalho, Human Rights Without Frontiers International

INDIA: WILL A MOBILE PHONE PANIC BUTTON HELP STOP SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN INDIA? BYADMIN_HRWF Human Rights Without Frontiers International 28 April 2016 India has a large market for mobile phones, and while access has spread to the rural areas, some say that requiring extra features on the phone may increase the cost of the phones, making them unaffordable to some women. CS Monitor (26.04.2016) – http://bit.ly/21gVR9j – As part of an effort to fight

The New 140-Character War on India’s Caste System Rama Lakshmi, The Washington Post 12 May 2016 Image: Indian women use their smartphones while traveling in the New Delhi metro car reserved for women. (Anna Zieminski/AFP/Getty Images)    NEW DELHI — When a bridge collapsed in the city of Kolkata, killing dozens two months ago, the usual outrage followed about shoddy construction companies and substandard material. But a wealthy businessman,

An Indian teen was raped by her father. Village elders had her whipped. Annie Gowen, The Washington Post 09 May 2016   Image: A girl from the Northern Indian state of Haryana was one of four girls whose supporters say they were raped at the order of a panchayat, village council, as punishment to the entire community over a land dispute. (Enrico Fabian/For The Washington Post)     MAUJE JAWALWADI, India — The teenage girl, dressed

Is Modi’s India Safe for Muslims? Hindu nationalism is on the rise in the country with the world’s second-largest Muslim population. James Traub, Foreign Policy 29 June 2015   Image: Indian Muslim women clad in hijabs hold up sweets and a portrait of victorious Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Varanasi on May 16, 2014. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images) [caption id="attachment_14073" align="aligncenter"

China and India Are Sitting Out Refugee Crisis Austin Ramzy, The New York Times 28 June 2015 Image: Migrants found at sea were escorted across the Bangladesh border to Rakhine State in Myanmar this month. Persecution has driven thousands from Myanmar. CreditYe Aung Thu/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images HONG KONG — When a deadly earthquake rocked Nepal in April, China and India rushed to send relief supplies and search-and-rescue teams.

The South Asia Daily: News brief from the South Asia Channel Foreign Policy 08 June 2015   India and Bangladesh Sign Agreement to Swap Border Enclves; Taliban Overrun District in Northeastern Afghanistan; 19 Militants, 7 Pakistani Military Members Killed in Clash   India Bonus: "Bangladesh and India finally give people a nation," Syed Tashfeen Chowdhury (Al-Jazeera) India and Bangladesh sign agreement to swap border enclaves India and Bangladesh

Afghan Taliban Feels Pressure from ISIS; Malala Suspects Secretly Acquitted in Pakistan; Protests Intensify in JammuEmily Schneider and Shuja Malik, Edited by Peter Bergen, Foreign Policy05 June 2015 Afghanistan Afghan Taliban fighting ISIS for territory, recruits Militants who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State or ISIS in Afghanistan are becoming more than a nuisance to the country’s larger militant group, the Afghan Taliban, by claiming

Modi Condemns Religious Violence in India Ellen Barry, New York Times 17 February 2015   NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India said on Tuesday that his government would not “accept violence against any religion, on any pretext” and that it would take forceful steps to prevent and prosecute such crimes, in a speech widely interpreted as a response to a series of attacks on Roman Catholic churches in and around New Delhi. “My

Christian Genocide Rises While World Just Watches Joseph DeCaro,  Worthy News 3 February 2015   WASHINGTON D.C. (Worthy News)– Following the release of its latest World Watch List — ranking the top 50 countries in which Christians face the most persecution for their faith — Open Doors has accused world leaders of callous indifference, according to The Christian Post. Open Doors CEO David Curry said ISIS is conducting a genocide against