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Members of Christian Community seen during a peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar against the hate and violence against their community, in New Delhi on February 19, 2023 Kumar Verma..
Members of the Christian community in the national capital on February 19, staged a protest here to draw the government, Judiciary and civil societys attention to the rising incidents of crime against the community...
The community will also be sending a memorandum to President Droupadi Murmu, asking for a National Redressal Commission headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to address the issues of targeted violence against the community...
The memorandum sought the strengthening of human rights monitoring mechanisms, including the National Commission for Minorities and National Human Rights Commission, speedy closure of cases where false allegations had been leveled against Christians and the constitution of a National Redressal Commission headed by a retired Supreme Court judge with representation of the community in order to address the issue...
In a press release issued, the community said that The United Christian Forum, a human rights groups based in New Delhi that monitors atrocities against Christians in India, has recorded a total of 598 incidents of violence against Christians from 21 States till the end of December 2022..
