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"Philip, Graham & Timothy Staines in whose sacred memory the award was instituted" The International Council of Evangelical Churches held a meet to honor the memory of Dr Graham Staines and his two sons who were burnt alive on 23rd of January 1999. We have instituted an award in Staines memory. " Staines International Award For Religious Harmony".The first joint recipients of this award were Archbishop Alan deLastic, President of Catholic Bishops Conference of India and Dr John Dayal, National Convener for the United Christian Forum for Human Rights. The award was presented on 11th of April at 1.00pm at the United Nations Headquarters at New York by Mr. Steven McFarland, Executive Director, US Commission on International Religious Freedom, in the presence of major international human rights organizations and Indian Christian leadership from around the world including Mrs. Staines and her daughter. |
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Dr. Gladys Staines
Honorary Secretary & Superintendent
Mayurbhanj Leprosy Home
Mission House
P.O. Box 23, Baripada
Mayurbhanj - 757 001
Orissa, India
Fax / Ph - +91-6792-53624
Email - gestain@dte.vsnl.net.in
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Leaders flew in from different states in the US and various countries in the world. Other than Indian Christians from neighboring states, we had people from local Churches . This was the first and only effort of this kind at the international level toanalyze and study in order to prepare a suitable response and to adopt a strategy to mitigate the violence against
Christians in India. We brought together a network of like-minded people who are concerned about the digression of India's secular fabric.
Though there have been only 60 incidents of violence against Christians over the last one year but the legislative and verbal violence continue. Incidents include but are not limited to, the burning alive and murdering of missionaries, rape of nuns, burning and desecration of Churches and Bibles, the false arrests and torture of Christians and hundreds and hundreds of Christian houses that have been burnt. India is a secular country and we have been asking the Government of India to implement the constitutional guarantees of religious freedom. Alan de Lastic
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