12 days and counting: Manipur Baptist village stalls woman´s burial as she became Catholic
(WorldNews Health)

Death can be divisive, a stalled burial and a cremation under police protection have revealed in the Northeast. A 42-year-old woman in Manipur has been refused burial for 12 days by her Baptist Christian-dominated village that excommunicated her family seven years ago for allegedly becoming a Catholic Christian. Rita Haorei died on August 7 and her body has been lying since in a Catholic Church in Ukhrul district’s Litan village, 40 kilometres north of state capital Imphal. Her husband Yangmi Haorei, who lives in Litan, has refused to...