Amnesty urges India to stop attacks by hardliners
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India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says the attacks against Christians are a national shame.
The human rights group, Amnesty International has urged India to act on its words and end what it said were ongoing attacks by hardline Hindu nationalists against the country's minority Christian community.
It said violence had continued despite Premier Manmohan Singh's admission this week that the attacks against Christians in eastern Orissa state are a national shame and that his government had taken a firm stand to halt it.
Mr Singh made the statement while on a visit to France followed condemnation of the attacks by the Pope and the European Union.
Amnesty says the last two days have witnessed renewed attacks by supporters of Hindu nationalist organisations... against the Christian minorities and their places of worship in Kandhamal district in Orissa.
It says the fresh attacks left three people dead, more than 15 people injured, including some policemen, and hundreds homeless.
