{"id":58832,"date":"2025-08-07T10:40:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T10:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=58832"},"modified":"2025-08-07T10:40:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T10:40:03","slug":"protests-erupt-in-india-after-nuns-arrested-on-human-trafficking-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/protests-erupt-in-india-after-nuns-arrested-on-human-trafficking-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Estallan protestas en la India tras el arresto de monjas por acusaciones de tr\u00e1fico de personas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; margin-bottom: 25px;\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/nuns-in-habits-and-novices-at-indore-bible-convention-in-oct-2023-in-bjp-ruled-madhya-pradesh-state44.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right; font-style: italic;\">Monjas con h\u00e1bito rezan junto a novicias en la Convenci\u00f3n B\u00edblica de Indore en Madhya Pradesh, octubre de 2023. \/ Cr\u00e9dito: Anto Akkara<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bangalore, India, 30 de julio de 2025 \/ 14:09 pm (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>Las protestas se extienden en la India por el arresto de dos monjas bajo cargos de conversi\u00f3n y tr\u00e1fico de personas en el estado de Chhattisgarh, en el centro de la India.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Las manifestaciones en curso, que comenzaron con los arrestos del 25 de julio, se intensificaron despu\u00e9s de que la liberaci\u00f3n de las monjas fuera retrasada por el gobierno del partido nacionalista hind\u00fa Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), que se opone a la libertad bajo fianza de las religiosas, quienes llevan casi una semana en prisi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u00bfQu\u00e9 clase de justicia es esta?\u201d, dijo el 30 de julio el cardenal Baselios mar Cleemis, arzobispo de la Iglesia Siro-Malankara y expresidente de la Conferencia de Obispos Cat\u00f3licos de la India.<\/p>\n<p>El prelado habl\u00f3 al final de una marcha de protesta hacia la Asamblea Legislativa de Kerala en Thiruvananthapuram, exigiendo la \u201cliberaci\u00f3n inmediata\u201d de las monjas, quienes provienen del coraz\u00f3n cristiano de Kerala.<\/p>\n<p>El 27 de julio, los obispos cat\u00f3licos indios expresaron en un comunicado de prensa su \u201cindignaci\u00f3n y profunda preocupaci\u00f3n por el reciente arresto\u201d de las monjas en la estaci\u00f3n de tren de Durg, en Chhattisgarh. Las religiosas fueron arrestadas cuando llegaron a la estaci\u00f3n para recibir a tres j\u00f3venes mujeres para sus conventos.<\/p>\n<p>La hermana Preetha Mary y la hermana Vandana Francis pertenecen a la congregaci\u00f3n de las Hermanas de As\u00eds de Mar\u00eda Inmaculada. La polic\u00eda las acus\u00f3 de \u201cconversi\u00f3n y tr\u00e1fico de personas\u201d, dijeron los obispos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Las monjas fueron \u201csometidas a acoso, acusaciones falsas y casos fabricados. Fueron agredidas f\u00edsicamente y el arresto tuvo lugar a pesar de las cartas de consentimiento escritas emitidas por los padres de cada mujer mayor de 18 a\u00f1os\u201d, dijeron los obispos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElementos antinacionales\u201d, incluidos \u201cgrupos fundamentalistas hind\u00faes\u201d, est\u00e1n \u201crastreando los movimientos de las monjas cat\u00f3licas\u201d, alegaron.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTales incidentes no solo amenazan la modestia de las mujeres, sino que tambi\u00e9n ponen sus vidas en grave peligro. Estas repetidas acciones injustificadas son una grave violaci\u00f3n de la Constituci\u00f3n y no pueden ser toleradas\u201d, dijeron los obispos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEs absolutamente impactante y triste que las dos hermanas religiosas hayan sido detenidas ilegalmente bajo cargos falsos de tr\u00e1fico de personas y conversi\u00f3n forzada\u201d, dijo la hermana M. Nirmalini, presidenta de la rama femenina de la Conferencia de Religiosos de la India, a CNA el 30 de julio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSorprendentemente, los cargos se han hecho sin determinar o verificar los hechos\u201d, dijo la monja, quien pertenece a la Congregaci\u00f3n del Carmelo Apost\u00f3lico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToda una brigada antiminor\u00edas est\u00e1 creando un frenes\u00ed para generar una narrativa falsa y polarizar a la gente contra los cristianos y particularmente contra los tribales\u201d, dijo Nirmalini. \u201cEsto debe detenerse de inmediato y los responsables y la polic\u00eda local deben ser procesados por las autoridades superiores\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlgunas congregaciones han pedido a sus miembros que eviten los h\u00e1bitos tradicionales en lugares p\u00fablicos para evitar el acoso\u201d, dijo Nirmalini.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncluso el presidente del BJP de Kerala ha [criticado] el arresto de las monjas. Sin embargo, siguen encarceladas bajo cargos inventados\u201d, dijo Cleemis, quien junto con una docena de obispos us\u00f3 cintas negras en sus rostros mientras cientos de monjas, sacerdotes e incluso no cat\u00f3licos se unieron a la reciente protesta en la capital de Kerala.<\/p>\n<p>Rajeev Chandrasekhar, presidente del BJP en Kerala, dijo a los periodistas en Nueva Delhi: \u201cNuestra m\u00e1xima prioridad es proteger a las monjas y garantizar la justicia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa persecuci\u00f3n de las monjas al encarcelarlas es una verg\u00fcenza para el pa\u00eds\u201d, dijo John Brittas, un miembro cat\u00f3lico de la c\u00e1mara alta del Parlamento indio, durante el debate parlamentario del 30 de julio.<\/p>\n<p>Las protestas en\u00e9rgicas han continuado en varias otras ciudades de Kerala y otros lugares, incluida Bangalore, mientras las monjas siguen languideciendo en la c\u00e1rcel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo se puede mantener como reh\u00e9n a la Constituci\u00f3n india. Encarcelar a monjas por ofrecer empleo a j\u00f3venes mujeres cristianas con el consentimiento de sus padres es una verg\u00fcenza nacional\u201d, dijo el arzobispo Andrews Thazhath de Thrissur en una protesta el 29 de julio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/265657\/protests-erupt-in-india-after-nuns-arrested-on-human-trafficking-allegations\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/265657\/protests-erupt-in-india-after-nuns-arrested-on-human-trafficking-allegations<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nuns in habits pray alongside novices at the Indore Bible Convention in Madhya Pradesh, October 2023. \/ Credit: Anto Akkara Bangalore, India, Jul 30, 2025 \/ 14:09 pm (CNA). Protests are spreading in India over the arrest of two nuns on conversion and human trafficking charges in Chattisgarh state in central India.\u00a0 The ongoing demonstrations [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":59756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-58832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":72994,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/from-despair-to-serenity-the-italian-nun-saving-women-from-human-trafficking\/","url_meta":{"origin":58832,"position":0},"title":"\u2018From despair to serenity\u2019: The Italian nun saving women from human trafficking","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"enero 11, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Sister Carla Venditti of the Sacred Heart of Jesus helps women and girls who are victims of human trafficking. \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of Giulio Gargiullo CNA Staff, Dec 27, 2025 \/ 06:00 am (CNA). 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