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Religious Freedom Advocates Challenge Revival of Dormant Anti-Conversion Law in India 

India (International Christian Concern) — The All-India Catholic Union (AICU) wrote to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, expressing its objection to the revival of the dormant 1978 anti-conversion law known as the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA). The AICU called the revival “a threat to the constitutional right to freedom of religion and personal liberty.” The Catholic Union appealed to the government to “immediately repeal the Act in the interest of peace, harmony