Pressure on Indian President to Stop Anti-Christian Violence
2 September 2008
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Loading ...NEW DELHI (AsiaNews) – A delegation representing civil society groups met Indian President Shrimati Pratibha Patil this morning, presenting her with a memorandum and calling on her to do something to stop anti-Christian violence in Orissa.
The group asked India’s head of state to have the Union government take legal action against various radical Hindu groups [...]
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