Seven Kandhamal Christians languishing in jail for alleged murder, part 1
Anto Akkara, a rights advocate and journalist with international media, has made numerous visits to Kandhamal district of eastern India’s Odisha state to find out first-hand about the serious human rights violation and atrocities committed against Christians there. Violence against Christians erupted with untold savagery in Kandhamal, with Hindu extremists blaming the August 23, 2008 assassination of Hindu leader Swami Lakshmanananda on Christians, despite Maoist rebels claiming the murder. Seven Christian men, falsely implicated in the murder, are still languishing in jail. Akkara, who has written several books unveiling the injustice to the Christians of Kandhamal, organized an event on March 3rd at New Delhi’s Constitutional Club, in which the wives of the seven men appealed for justice for their husbands. His upcoming book, “Cry of the Oppressed,” attempts to prove that the seven men were falsely implicated. To know about his latest efforts on behalf of these innocent people, we called Akkara on his mobile phone in Bangalore.
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More information on Kandhamal Christians: change.org; release7innocents; KandhamalPeaceJustice
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