Persecution Relief

Persecution Relief is an Indian Nonprofit organization founded in 2016 by Shibu Thomas. It is an inter-denominational organization dedicated to helping the Church in India.[1][2]

Persecution Relief
Persecution Relief Official Logo
MottoServing Persecuted - Loving Persecutors
Formation2016
FounderShibu Thomas
TypeNon-Profit
Websitepersecutionrelief.org

Religious persecution cases reported worldwide by the organization.[3][4][5]

History

Persecution Relief was founded in 2016 with a mission to provide support to the persecuted Indian Church by linking it to the free Church of the world. The initiative was taken by Shibu Thomas, an Indian evangelical preacher and social entrepreneur.[6][7]

Persecution Relief provides support Prayerfully, Financially, Politically and Judicially to Christian Community and persecuted church.[8][9]

The organization tracks anti-Christian persecution and harassment in India.[10][11]

Philanthropy

False Conversion Charges

During COVID-19 pandemic, the organization request to Indian Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi to release prisoners who are in different jails in India and imprisoned under the false cases of conversion under the Religious Freedom Act.[12] The organization also brings this matter to the prime minister's attention, a call from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom to release all prisoners.[13]

  • The organization has helped many people who were assaulted by police or other communities.[14][15][16]
  • In June 2020, the organization found a teenager death by Hindu community.[17]

References
  1. "Persecución en aumento en India: Usan serpientes para amenazar". Stand Together (in Spanish). 20 May 2020.
  2. "India's marginalised minorities unite against Hindu nationalism". South China Morning Post. 23 February 2020.
  3. "Why Churches Are Now Under Attack in Modi's India". OZY. 4 March 2020.
  4. "On Narendra Modi's watch, steep rise in crime against Christians between 2016 and 2019". National Herald.
  5. "Ultranationalism threatens religious freedom, says report from Aid to the Church in Need". America Magazine. 29 November 2018.
  6. "Persecution on the rise in India: Fanatics use snakes to threaten Christian pastor | ROME REPORTS". romereports.com.
  7. "Christian teen cut into pieces by radicals in India 3 years after conversion". christianpost.com.
  8. "Revelation TV : Persecution Relief..." revelationtv.com.
  9. "India: Christian convert beaten by Hindu villagers, beheaded by Maoist guerrillas". christianpost.com.
  10. "Christians in India see dramatic increase of attacks in 2020". www.christianpost.com.
  11. "Attacks on India's Christians continue despite COVID-19 lockdown". LiCAS.news | Catholic News in Asia | Licas News. 30 April 2020.
  12. "Release those booked under anti-conversion act: Persecution Relief". mattersindia.com.
  13. "Newswatch". CBN News. 13 May 2015.
  14. Correspondent, Our India (19 May 2020). "Police Arrest, Assault Christians Preparing Relief Aid in India". Morningstar News.
  15. Correspondent, Our India (26 May 2020). "Mobs in India Threaten 16 Christian Families Every Night for Nearly Three Weeks". Morningstar News.
  16. "INDIA: Pastor's wife in coma after house church attacked – Church In Chains – Ireland :: An Irish voice for suffering, persecuted Christians Worldwide". churchinchains.
  17. "Christian boy stabbed and stoned to death for his faith in Eastern India". Evangelical Focus.
  18. "Religious persecution on the rise in India". www.churchtimes.co.uk.
  19. "Activists slam anti-Muslim law on citizenship: It destroys India". www.asianews.it.
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