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PRESS RELEASE
October 21, 2021
Christians under Attack in India
Fact-Finding Report Released
In the wake of the massive surge in the recent attacks against Christians in India , United Against Hate Along with Association for Protection of Civil Rights and United Christian Forum organised a joint Press Conference addressing a series of attacks against Christians and Churches in UP and other parts of the country. Three Hundred and Five (305) incidents of violence 273 Days of 2021 were reported on UCF toll-free helpline number 1-800-208-4545 , a helpline number launched on 19th January 2015 with the aim of helping people in distress, especially those who are not aware of he law of the land and the system by providing them the way to legal remedies and reaching out to public authorities. September 2021 witnessed the highest number of incidents with 69 followed by 50 in August , 37 in January, 33 in July , 27 in March, April and June, 20 in February and 15 in Month of May. Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh recorded 169 incidents of Violence against Christians in total in the last nine months with Karnataka with 32 incidents of hate incidents against Christians. Over one thousand (1331) women were injured in these incidents and over four hundred Tribals (588) and Dalits (513). Nearly Three hundred incidents of mob attacks/violence were reported in these eight months. Twenty-Three(28) incidents of causing damage to the places of worship/Churches too were reported. Police or/other concerned authorities disallowed 85 times the assembly of people for religious activities under one pretext or the other. Ten Fresh cases were filed under the Freedom of Religion Act in this year. Recent one is the attack by over 200 Hindutva mobs in a Church in Roorkee, Uttarakhand on 3rd October, 2021.
The Press Conference was moderated by Banojyotsna Lahiri, who addressed the increasing attacks on minorities in South Asia and the lack of action on the part of the government and its police.
Mr. A.C. Michael, National Coordinator of United Christian Forum, defined the term
