Christian persecution peaks amid impunity in pandemic-era India Religious freedom suffers in the push for a majoritarian or Hindu nation framework in India with laws targeting minorities Catholics pray during the Good Friday service at a church in East Delhi on April 14, 2019. (Photo: UCA News) The absolute sense of impunity generated in the administrative apparatus of India by the pandemic lockdowns, and the consequent absence of civil society on the streets and in the courts, has aggravated targeted hate and violence against Christians by non-state actors in major states and the National Capital territory, as seen in the 327 or so cases recorded up to December 2020.