WASHINGTON (BP)--The government of India could have avoided it, a Christian leader in the Asian giant said.
It: India's designation as a country deserving "close monitoring" of religious freedom abuses -- a "watch list" designation announced by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
John Dayal, president of the All India Christian Council, said the USCIRF designation could have been avoided "if several thousand Christians were still not in refugee camps, if the killers were still not roaming scot-free and if witnesses, including widows, were not being coerced."
