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Podcast: Mission Network News - Asia
Episode: 2023 IRF report underscores India persecution
Description: India (MNN) — India’s religious freedom violations recently took the spotlight in the U.S. State Department’s annual report.
John Pudaite with Bibles For The World says, “The report, coming out in Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s name, said that ‘In India, we see a concerning increase in anti-conversion laws, hate speech, demolitions of homes and places of worship for members of minority faith communities.’”
The State Department uses this report and recommendations from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to designate Countries of Particular Concern later in the year. CPC designations, in...