Over 100 incidents of violence against Christians have taken place this year against Christians - Catholic priests and Nuns, Protestant Pastors and evangelists, and innocent Believers. Christian women have been raped in some states. In other States, innocent Christian workers have been put in jail by unscrupulous Police, while their assailants from the Sangh Parivar, who were filmed indulging in violence and the video-tapes then telecast by national networks, have gone scoot free, or have been released on bail.

Appeals to the Chief Ministers and Police hierarchy of the States seem not to have had an affect. Appeals and Open Letters to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and to UPA Chairperson, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, have also not elicited any response.

The community has no option but to make a public display of its injury, grief, and anger

It has therefore been decided to hold a Peaceful and Prayerful Protest Rally in New Delhi at Jantar Mantar, Parliament Street from 10 o'clock on 29th May, 2007 and to urge the government to wake up and act to stop this mindless violence against the most peaceful and microscopic religious Minority in India.

Please attend in large numbers. This appeal is not only to Christians and Churches. It is to the entire civil society and NGOs working for communal harmony and peace

Thank you

Dr Joseph D'Souza, President, All India Christian Council

Dr John Dayal, Member, National Integration Council
President, All India Catholic Union