Religious freedom in India is on a “downward trajectory”, according to a US commission hearing that heard fresh warnings about discrimination, arbitrary detention and violence directed against Christians and other religious minorities.
At the May 7 hearing on Capitol Hill, members of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom said India’s national and state-level policies were contributing to an increasingly hostile environment for minority communities. The discussion focused in particular on anti-conversion laws, attacks on places of worship, pressure on clergy and the failure of local authorities to prevent or punish anti-minority violence.
