‘Aggressive ultranationalism’ driving attacks on religious freedom in China and India, says Catholic group
- Catholic organisation found incidents of religious persecution in 21 countries in the two years to June 2018
- It was the 14th edition of the report covering 196 countries, and carried out every two years with the assistance of independent journalists
Religious freedom is under threat in one of every five nations around the globe, particularly in China and India, in part because of an increase in “aggressive ultranationalism”, a Catholic NGO said in a report Thursday.
Aid to the Church in Need found incidents of religious persecution in 21 countries in the two years to June 2018, including Niger, Myanmar, India and China.
Acts of discrimination were reported in 17 other countries such as Algeria, Turkey and Russia, it said.
It was the 14th edition of the aid group’s report covering all religions in 196 countries, carried out every two years with the assistance of independent journalists.
“We’ve observed a trivialisation of attacks on religious freedom,” said Marc Fromager, head of the NGO’s French chapter, at a press conference in Paris.
