just prior to being hired, Rowan was living in Visakhapatnam, India, where she heard stories from Christians fleeing violent persecution in the neighboring state of Orissa (now Odisha).

Hamas up to $50 million in cash and supplies. India: Court orders more money for Orissa victims. India's Supreme Court ruled in August that justice had

Gladys Staines follows the Dalai Lama, Malala Yousefzai, and the 'Machine Gun Preacher.'.

After nearly a decade, Hindu nationalist party finally loses power in Karnataka.

Fast-track court sentences 12 to six years in jail for Orissa riots in 2008.

This is a particular problem in countries like India, where Hindu nationalists initiated attacks on Christians, 20 of whom were arrested for celebrating baptisms, in Orissa in October.

Meanwhile, Indian Christians prepare to protest persecution surge from prime minister's first 100 days in office.

(UPDATED) Hindu nationalists refuse to back down on Christian and Muslim re-conversions, dub India a 'Hindu nation.'.

Assault on pastors' meeting in India shows depth of extremist hostility.

Karnataka had more anti-Christian attacks in 2012 than any other Indian state—including notorious Orissa, where authorities recently arrested two Hindu extremists connected to the

murders]. But the High Court in Orissa threw out charges against 44 of the accused two months after the arrests, because there was insufficient evidence.".

This is a particular problem in countries like India, where Hindu nationalists initiated attacks on Christians, 20 of whom were arrested for celebrating baptisms, in Orissa in October.

Sumanahalli Society unable to renew lease on 45 acres currently housing 400 residents.

(October 9, 2008). India's Burning Issue| Conversions in Orissa—and the violent reaction against them—highlight tension in India's not-so-dead caste system. (January 1, 2008).

Tribals arrested for converting. INDIA Twelve people were arrested in Orissa state for converting to Christianity without first notifying police. Officials say

seek to harm us. In 1999, Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines was burned to death by a Hindu mob in Orissa, India. In 2007, German missionary

Radicals Rejected | Orissa Christians breathe easier after election defeat of Hindu extremists. Terror in Orissa | It's time for India to start acting like the world's largest democracy.

The ruling upheld the life sentences for two Indians who burned missionary Graham Staines and his young sons to death outside an Orissa church in 1999.

Editor's note: CT has posted an update and a response from Regent president Carlos Campo on Liveblog. Hindu nationalist finally convicted of Orissa riots.