
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR ‘FORCED’ RELIGIOUS CONVERSION CRITICISED BY CHURCH
13 March 2025
The Chief Minister of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has said his government would make a provision for the death penalty to punish what it describes as “forced” religious conversion of females, a move that has drawn consternation from the Church in India.
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