Source: Mission Network News, April 16, 2018<\/p>\n
For centuries, a group of people in India went by the name \u201cuntouchables.\u201d Today, these same people are referred to as Dalits and despite their new title, they continue to face discrimination and worse in Indian society. And it\u2019s all in the name of religion.<\/p>\n
In recent nationwide protests<\/a> led by the Dalits, at least eight people were killed. Streets, buildings, public transportation, and educational institutes were temporarily shut down.<\/p>\n The angry response came after a Supreme Court ruling which Dalits believe leaves them more vulnerable to the abuses of society.<\/p>\n David Curry of Open Doors USA says, \u201cIt\u2019s really brought to light, yet again, the challenge that we have in India for human rights, in particular recognizing that each and every individual is of value, and of equal value.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve seen it before \u2026 when we look at the rising persecution of Christians in India. It\u2019s a significant portion of the population\u2014about 65 million people are Christians in India. And yet they\u2019ve seen this incredible rise of persecution.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00bb Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00bb Also read Converting to Buddhism as a Form of Political Protest<\/a> (The Atlantic) and Big Brother in India Requires Fingerprint Scans for Food, Phones and Finances<\/a> (New York Times).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Mission Network News, April 16, 2018 For centuries, a group of people in India went by the name \u201cuntouchables.\u201d Today, these same people are referred to as Dalits and despite their new title, they continue to face discrimination and worse in Indian society. And it\u2019s all in the name of religion. In recent nationwide … Continue reading INDIA: Several Killed in Protests over Dalit Protections<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7826,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7825\/revisions\/7826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}