To celebrate 60 years since the "peaceful liberation" of Tibet, China has strengthened the presence of police and crushes slightest protest with arrests and prison. In a regime of terror, suspicion is enough to justify an arrest.
It is the fourth case since the beginning of June. The youth wing of the BJP has tried to force the St. Jude school to admit a boy to, even if there are no more places. Bishops' Conference demand the law that guarantees the rights of minorities be applied.
Zaveri Bazaar, the Opera House and Dadar are hit. Terrorism is suspected. Today is the birthday of Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, the lone gunman who survived the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Card Gracias, archbishop of Mumbai, grief and sorrow” as well as “strong condemnation of this insensate violence.”
Beijing commemorates 60 years of Tibet’s occupation with a white paper that claims that Tibet was always part of China. Tibetans slam this attempt to justify the genocide underway against their people, language, religion and traditions.
Four Hindu radicals accused him of forcible conversions. For Sajan K George, president of the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), the attack is a "crying shame" for a secular state like India. Even in Karnataka and Orissa there is no peace for Christians.
A Pentecostal preacher is accused of forced conversions. In Belgaum district, BJP officials attack a religious school for girls, threatening to destroy it because it turned down the application of two Hindu girls.
The charges relate to Our Lady of Salvation Church in Dadar, St Michael’s Church in Mahim, Nazareth Church in Bhayandar and IC Church in Borivli. According to the Association of Concerned Catholics (Aocc) the parish priest sold the land without consulting the community. But the chancellor of the archdiocese of Mumbai denies the charges.
US State Department releases its 2010 ‘Trafficking in Persons Report’. India drops out of the watch list and is now a Tier 2 level country because of “significant efforts” against the problem. In the country’s western region, the Church is involved in prevention.
Praveen D’Souza is accused of helping a Hindu teenager escape from home. Radical Hindus make the charge with the complicity of police. This is a “classic example” of a “baseless and false complaint,” said Sajan K George.
Thousands of refugees have massed along the Chinese border to escape violence, but Beijing will not accept them. No international agency is able to get aid to them, as they live on two bowls of rice a day. Military junta responsible for repeated violations of human rights.
A newspaper publishes confidential documents of leading Chinese political bodies. What emerges is a power that, in foreign policy, promotes an image of peaceful development and freedom. But in reality wants to stamp out any criticism and free voice and jail those who "disturb" over the Internet.
In Kardze (Ganzi), Sichuan, thousands of police patrol every street, check every individual. The local prison is full of monks, nuns and Tibetans who have expressed solidarity with the Dalai Lama. A foreign tourist tells of the daily and fierce police violence that he witnessed.
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