Orissa Persecution

In September 2008 thousands of believers in Orissa were attacked, some killed, and their homes and churches were destroyed. Many are still homeless and some are even living in the forests or relief camps.

Parts of the video below contain interviews with the victims of the 2008 Orissa attacks.

Orissa Persecution Archives

First published on gfa.org December 30, 2009

Two years after the first mass attacks on Christians in India's Orissa state, the full horror of the events are just now beginning to emerge. The violence against believers in December 2007 and August 2008 left physical and emotional scars that survivors will bear for a long time.
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First published on gfa.org August 28, 2009

There is both good news and bad news coming out of Orissa, India, one year after Hindu radicals went on a bloody rampage that left 50,000 Christians fleeing for their lives into the state's forests. As they fled, the religious extremists killed whoever they could capture, then destroyed Christian homes and burned churches.
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• Orissa Christmas Day Bandh Cancelled
• Orissa: $250 to Murder Pastors
• Extremists Demand End to Christian Activity in Orissa
• "We will make our district like Orissa"
• Three More Christians Killed in Orissa; Opposition Reported in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
• GFA Leaders in India Join Dharna and Peace March Against Persecution
• Indian Government Threatens to Seize State Governments; Flooding Hits Orissa
• Praying for 101 Days
• Violence against Christians Rages in India
• Extremists Launch Attacks Against Christians in Second Indian State
• Violence Continues in Orissa
• Message from Orissa: "God is in Control"
• India Supreme Court Orders More Police to Orissa to Protect Christians
• Orissa Attacks Described
• New Attacks on Christians Spark Riots in Battered Orissa, India
• Christians Protest; Government Trying to Take Control in Orissa.
• Christians Flee to Forests as Mob Violence Escalates in Indian State
• Pastors Attacked, Believers Killed, Churches Destroyed in Anti-Christian Rampage.
• Pastor Attacked, Churches Burned in Wake of Swami's Death.
• Those who wish to help meet the needs of the suffering believers in Orissa may give to GFA's Persecution Relief Fund.