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Marysville Church Hosts Sikhs to Discuss Religious Persecution in India
October 5, 2015 | Admin
Sikh and Christian leaders will host a dinner and seminar on October 10 at Trinity Anglican, a Christian Church in Marysville, CA to discuss similar persecution facing both communities in India.Read More
Minorities in California Join Arms in Solidarity Around Indian Martyrs
October 1, 2015 | Admin
Sikhs, Christians, Muslims, and African American leaders commemorated the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of Punjabi human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra. Read More
Google CEO’s Plans to Meet Indian Premier Spark Protest
September 20, 2015 | Admin
Demonstrators call Prime Minister Modi a monster, chanting: “Shame on Google”
Mountain View, CA: Sept. 20, 2015 — As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to tour Silicon Valley tech companies next week, marking his second visit to the United … Read More
Congressman Garamendi Concerned by India’s Religious Freedom Violations
September 3, 2015 | Admin
California representative discusses genocide-linked Modi, anti-conversion laws, and hunger-striker Khalsa
Davis, CA: Sept. 3, 2015 — “Modi’s history is well known,” Northern California Congressman John Garamendi told advocates for Indian minorities who met him on Wednesday to voice their concerns … Read More
August 2008 Anti-Christian Pogrom in India Saw “Rivers of Blood on the Road”
August 25, 2015 | Admin
John Dayal on religious nationalism, massacres of minorities, and freedom of faith
New Delhi, India: August 25, 2015 — Indian journalist Dr. John Dayal, who recently visited Orissa to discover the current situation after the state was wracked … Read More
Indian Journalist Warns Underground Church in India “At Par” With China
August 4, 2015 | Admin
Dr. Dayal discusses how his career as a journalist led to him becoming an activist after witnessing human rights violations of tribals, Muslims, Christians, and others. He says that, in 1997, “I came face to face with Christian persecution.”Read More
Conference Challenges India’s “Dehumanizing” Belief System
July 15, 2015 | Admin
Speakers term Brahmanical caste system a “legal apartheid”
Stockton, CA: July 15, 2015 — When he took the stage at University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA to speak to a diverse audience of Indian diaspora and concerned … Read More
Multi-faith Coalition Will Highlight Casteism at California Conference
June 13, 2015 | Admin
Speakers to “question whether caste ideology has truly been abandoned in India”
Stockton, CA: June 13, 2015 — The conversion of Indian minorities to Hinduism drew worldwide attention late last year when reports surfaced that converts only participated in the … Read More
Weeks Into Second Term, U.S. Congressman Bera Plans India Trip with Obama to Meet PM Modi
January 21, 2015 | Admin
South Asian minorities protest: “Ami Bera represents Narendra Modi, the Butcher of Gujarat”
SACRAMENTO, CA: Jan. 21, 2015 – Just two weeks after being sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives for a sophomore term, U.S. Congressman Ami Bera announced … Read More
US Congressman McClintock’s Office Affirms Support for Religious Liberty in India
January 19, 2015 | Admin
Constituents share concerns about Indian State’s proposals for a national anti-conversion law
ROSEVILLE, CA: Jan. 19, 2015 – Constituents of Northern California Congressman Tom McClintock joined an official delegation from human rights group Organization for Minorities of India (OFMI) on January … Read More