Minority Rights

Abdul Bashi and His Sons Accused of Leading a Bladed Assault That Seriously Injured Bimal Tripura, Milon Chakma and Thwaihlayang Chowdhury in Khagrachari, Bangladesh

A violent assault linked to a long-running land dispute left three men injured, one of them critically, on Wednesday afternoon in Khagrachari Sadar Upazila, raising urgent questions about land governance, law enforcement, and the protection of civilians in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). According to local sources, the attack occurred at approximately 4:00 p.m. on …

Systematic Violence and Targeted Persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh : An Evidence-Based Assessment of Incidents, Patterns, and State Response (Nov–Dec 2025)

Statistical Overview and Pattern Analysis Between the documented incidents compiled in this report, at least 82 distinct acts of violence, intimidation, or persecution targeting members of the Hindu minority community have been recorded during the November and December months of 2025. These incidents have directly affected no fewer than 317 individuals, excluding broader secondary impacts …

Joy Mahapatra’s Death in Sunamganj Sparks Outrage: Family Accuses Amirul Islam of Beating and Humiliation

Sunamganj’s Dirai Upazila is in shock following the death of 21-year-old Joy Mahapatra, whose family claims he was driven to ingest poison after being physically assaulted and publicly humiliated by local shopkeeper Amirul Islam over a 500-taka debt. According to family members and local sources, Joy had purchased a mobile phone from Amirul Islam of …

Raped, Murdered, and Hung to Fake a Suicide: The Killing of 12-Year-Old Srabanti Ghosh in the outskirts of Chattagram, Bangladesh

12-year-old Hindu girl Srabanti Ghosh, was brutally raped and murdered in Lalkhan Bazar, of Chattagram during the night of 06th January . After the assault, her killers strangled her and staged the crime as a suicide by hanging her mortal remains a final act of calculated cruelty intended to erase evidence, evade justice and deny …

Murdered for Refusing Jizya: Sarat Chakraborty’s Killing Exposes the Mainstreaming of Religious Extortion in Bangladesh

Once again, a life from Bangladesh’s Hindu minority has been extinguished with chilling familiarity. Sarat Chakraborty Mani, a 40-year-old Hindu shopkeeper, was attacked with sharp weapons at Charsindur Bazaar in Palash Upazila of Narsingdi District on the outskirts of Dhaka on 5th January. Gravely wounded, he died while being rushed to hospital. By the time …

Targeted for Identity, Broken by Brutality: Hindu Widow Gang-Raped, Tied to a Tree and had her Hair Forcibly Chopped by Shahin and Hasan in Jhenaidah District of Bangladesh

A horrific crime in Jhenaidah’s Kaliganj municipality has laid bare the brutal vulnerability of women and the chilling impunity enjoyed by perpetrators when power, greed, and misogyny intersect. Approximately two and a half years ago, a Hindu widow from Kheda Para village in Kaliganj upazila legally purchased a two-storey house and three decimals of land …

“ISKCON Devotee”, “Indian Agent”: Jamaat-e-Islami Cadres Surround Kurigram -3 DC Annapura Debnath, threatens her with severe consequences

When Law Is Branded as Treason On January 3, a scene unfolded in Kurigram-3 that should alarm every defender of democracy and the rule of law. Jamaat-e-Islami cadres surrounded the office of the Deputy Commissioner and Returning Officer Annapurna Debnath with the sole intention of intimidating a constitutional authority into submission. Their slogans were not …

Days After Dipu Chandra Das, the Arrest of Joy Sarkar in Faridpur on fabricated blasphemy charges exposes a Chilling Climate of Fear

Police have arrested a 22-year-old Hindu youth, Joy Sarkar, from Ward Number 11, Alipur, in the Faridpur District of Bangladesh over allegations of posting “religiously offensive” comments on social media. The arrest, carried out late on 26th December 2025, took place amid rapidly escalating tensions online and on the streets. What makes the incident impossible …

A Pre-Planned Inferno: Nine Hindus Escape Deadly Arson Attack in Bangladesh, Left Destitute as the State Offers No Relief

At around 3 a.m. on December 20, 2025, as West Banik Para in Ward No. 5 of Rauzan Upazila, Chattagram District slept, an attack unfolded behind closed doors. The homes of Anil Shil and Sukha Shil were locked from the outside. Clothes soaked in kerosene were placed against the walls and roof. Moments later, both …

The Politics of Silence: The Lynching of Dipu Chandra Das and what Hindu Society must learn to survive

Selective Silence, Elite Caution, and the Cost of Invisibility When mobs torched the offices of media houses like Prothom Alo and The Daily Star in Dhaka, after the death of Osman Hadi, foreign embassies moved quickly. Statements were issued. Joint condemnations followed. Press freedom was invoked, rightly, as a core democratic value [1]. But when …