ASIA/INDIA - In the midst of the pandemic, violence against Christians does not stop INDIA 2021-05-31 2021-05-19 2021-05-10
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the first five months of 2021, in 151 days of the current year, despite the serious pandemic situation, 127 episodes of violence against Christians took place in India: says to Agenzia Fides United Christian Forum (UCF), reporting the data obtained from the special Toll-free number , a telephone line activated to monitor incidents of violence against the faithful in the country. Among the complaints registered on the toll-free number by Indian Christian citizens, there are attacks by mobs or threats and intimidation of various kinds, for reasons of religious affiliation. Furthermore, there is a tendency not to file the First Information Report (FIR), the official complaint handed to the police, which was presented only in 15 cases out of 127 episodes of violence , notes to Fides A.C. Michael,