The 2017 Open Doors World Watch List was released and launched in the UK Parliament on 11 January .
One of the greatest increases in animosity towards Christians last year took place in India as a result of religiously motivated nationalism, according to the latest annual survey of the 50 countries in which it is most difficult to live as a Christian.
Since the rise to power of Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP party, India has gradually increased its ranking and is now placed 15th on the Open Doors 2017 World Watch List.
