India, Jan. 19 -- Christians are persecuted in every one of the eight countries in South Asia, but even prominent religious groups, Hindus and Muslims, and smaller groups of Sikhs and Buddhists, also find themselves targets of hate and violence elsewhere as religious freedom moves from being a contested principle to an increasingly fragile right. No government, no major community, comes out innocent, with blood splattered on its banner somewhere or the other where it exercises legal or illicit power. In Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar, the year 2025 has confirmed that belief, identity, and citizenship are being reordered through the lens of majoritarian power, enforced religion, or militant e...