Odisha Persecution (formerly called Orissa)

In September 2008 thousands of believers in Odisha were attacked, some killed, and their homes and churches were destroyed. Many are still homeless and some are even living in the forests or relief camps.

Parts of the video below contain interviews with the victims of the 2008 Odisha attacks.

Odisha Persecution Archives

After Two Years, Full Horror of Odisha Attacks Emerging;
Christians Still Under Siege

First published on gfa.org December 30, 2009

Two years after the first mass attacks on Christians in India's Odisha state, the full horror of the events are just now beginning to emerge. The violence against believers in December 2007 and August 2008 left physical and emotional scars that survivors will bear for a long time.
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One Year Later GFA Missionaries Bringing Hope to Survivors

First published on gfa.org August 28, 2009

There is both good news and bad news coming out of Odisha, India, one year after Hindu radicals went on a bloody rampage that left 50,000 Christians fleeing for their lives into the state's forests. As they fled, the religious extremists killed whoever they could capture, then destroyed Christian homes and burned churches.

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• Odisha Christmas Day Bandh Cancelled
• Odisha: $250 to Murder Pastors
• Extremists Demand End to Christian Activity in Odisha
• "We will make our district like Odisha"
• Three More Christians Killed in Odisha; Opposition Reported in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
• GFA Leaders in India Join Dharna and Peace March Against Persecution
• Indian Government Threatens to Seize State Governments; Flooding Hits Odisha
• Praying for 101 Days
• Violence against Christians Rages in India
• Extremists Launch Attacks Against Christians in Second Indian State
• Violence Continues in Odisha
• Message from Odisha: "God is in Control"
• India Supreme Court Orders More Police to Odisha to Protect Christians
• Odisha Attacks Described
• New Attacks on Christians Spark Riots in Battered Odisha, India
• Christians Protest; Government Trying to Take Control in Odisha.
• Christians Flee to Forests as Mob Violence Escalates in Indian State
• Pastors Attacked, Believers Killed, Churches Destroyed in Anti-Christian Rampage.
• Pastor Attacked, Churches Burned in Wake of Swami's Death.
• Those who wish to help meet the needs of the suffering believers in Odisha may give to GFA's Persecution Relief Fund.

Odisha News/Media Archive

Odisha Reconstruction Archive