Human Rights

Assad Ul Haq, an activist reportedly living in Dhaka’s Muhammadpur neighbourhood, has advocated the “subtle” genocide of Hindus in Bangladesh. A former administrator of the X account @BangaliMusolman, had been using social media to minimise atrocities against Hindus while advocating for the interests of Muslims in India. He has repeatedly asserted that only Muslims in …

Continue reading "Activist Assad Ul-Haq Calls For “Subtle Genocide Of Hindus in Bangladesh” Through Normalising Hate : Murders of Manoranjan Roy, Shyamal Sharma and N.R. Rishi Expose the Deadly Consequences of Such Anti-Hindu Ideological Climate"

A mob of 50-60 Islamists descended on the Hindu neighbourhood of Chak Karim village under Bangladesh’s Pirganj Upazila on the evening of October 26 after an old video allegedly containing “blasphemous remarks” about the Quran resurfaced on social media. Three homes belonging to Sourav, his father Bishu and his uncle Jagadish Chandra were vandalised and …

Continue reading "Islamist Mob of 50–60 Ransacks and Loots Three Hindu Homes in Bangladesh’s Pirganj Over Unverified Blasphemy Allegation Using Old Viral Video, Accused Sourav Chandra Flees For His Life"

Khitis Mondal, 52, a fish-farm businessman from Jeyala village in Satkhira’s Tala upazila, was detained on suspicion of stealing fish from a local fish enclosure at around 3 a.m. on 16th October. According to local accounts, 10–15 people took the aged Hindu businessman to the Jeyala cremation ground, tied him to a tree and brutally …

Continue reading "Businessman Khitis Mondal Tied To a Tree And Lynched to Death by A Mob of 10-15 in Satkhira of Bangladesh On Fabricated Allegations of Theft"

On the night of October 12, students of the 17th batch of Jagannath University’s Department of Islamic History and Culture organised a graduation feast beside the campus temple in Old Dhaka. Beef khichuri was cooked near its entrance and bricks belonging to the temple were used to construct a makeshift cooking stove. Jagannath University’s own …

Continue reading "Temple Bricks Used in Beef Feast Outside Jagannath University Campus Temple in Dhaka Trigger Nationwide Anti-Hindu Hate, Student Saikat Haldar “Temporarily Expelled” on Unsubstantiated Blasphemy Charges While Condemning Vulgar Remarks Against Hindus and Hinduism"

35 year old Hridoy Kumar Harijan was a father of four children. His life was cut short in the KashtoGhar area of Srihatta’s Sweeper Colony at around 8 p.m. on 10th October. According to eyewitnesses and his family, he was killed after protesting against a man photographing his wife Pinky Rani without her consent. The …

Continue reading "City Corporation Worker Hridoy Kumar Harijan Stabbed to Death by Amin and Two Associates After Objecting to Amin Photographing His Wife Through a Window"

By Tanmay Majumdar, General Secretary, Bogura Majumdarpara Temple Committee Durga Puja is a celebration of faith, dignity and the triumph of good over evil. Yet, for us, preparing for Durga Puja has become a fearful exercise. By 9th October, our arrangements were nearly complete. Alarmed by repeated attacks on Durga idols across Bangladesh, we began …

Continue reading "“They Tell Us to Go to India. But This Is Our Ancestral Home”: Kartik, Ganesh and Lakshmi Idols Vandalised Inside Majumdarpara Durga Puja Mandap, Temple Committee Secretary Tanmay Majumdar Threatened for Speaking Out"

Local businessman Suprabhat Modak was found burned and bearing numerous deep injuries in a turmeric field behind his home in the Aminpur area of Sujanagar Upazila on the morning of 6th October. Modak, reported to be in his mid-to-late 30s, ran the Dadabhai Hotel, a sweets and food business at Kashinathpur Bazar. According to police …

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Subrata Babu, owner of Subrata Dahi Mishti Bhandar in Ward No. 15 under Fulhari Union of Jhenaidah District and his nearly 100-year-old mother were assaulted following a dispute over unpaid sweets and curd. Subrata states that several people had previously taken curd from his shop by force without paying. When the same individuals had returned …

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Insaf Kayemkari Chhatra Sramik Janata’s 8-Point Charter Seeks a Ban on Idol Immersion, the Removal of Puja Mandaps From Public View, Limits on the Number, Size and Height of Durga Pratimas, an End to Government-Funded Food for Impoverished Hindus, No Public Holidays for Puja and Compulsory Political Protests by Hindu Puja Committees Over Perceived Persecution …

Continue reading "Islamist Pressure Group Presents Charter Demanding No Puja Holidays, No Pratima Immersion, No Public Mandaps And Not a Grain of Government-Funded Food For Impoverished Devotees, Denounces Durga Puja As A “Sinful and Depraved” Practice Of Shirk"

A Community That Was There Since Independence Locally referred to as “Zokhwa” or “Zo Chaw Chuah”, Buddhist Mogs have been residing in the Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC) region of southern Mizoram since at least the 1940s. According to the latest available village register, 2,211 Mog Buddhists live across ten recognised villages in the LADC …

Continue reading "A Decade Erased: Manipur-Based Kuki Official Dorothy Lalliantlingi Accused of Seizing Birth Certificates and Voter IDs of Mog Residents of LADC in Mizoram as 2,000+ Alleged Victims Face Loss of Citizenship, Extreme Poverty and Repeated Pressure to Convert to Christianity"