Chittagong, 17 February, 2016: Perpetrators belonging to the majority community tried to forcefully seize the cremation ground belonging to the Hindu community on Sunday 14th February 2016 and also injured 10 women and children from the minority community who were unable to escape the assault. The incident happened at the Kumira Union of Sitakundo Sub […]
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Bangladesh: Hindu man’s beheading highlights minority plight
Dhaka, February 12, 2016: Tarun Dutta (45) a Hindu businessman was brutally beheaded on 8th February 2016 at Golapbag Bazar within Govindagonj Upazila of Gaibandha District in Bangladesh. His beheaded body and head were recovered from a ditch at Bardhankuti area and the man had a hardware business. The beheading is eerily similar to what happens […]
Bangladesh: Sexual assault on child angers Hindus
Dhaka, 11 February 2016: Hindu community is distressed over the rising number of cases of sexual assaults on minority children in Bangladesh. In the latest case highlighted by Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW), a minority child aged 10 was sexually assaulted by one Md.Ahsan Habib who is an NGO activist. The case is from Dinajpur District and […]
Bangladesh: Hindu men and women assaulted
Dhaka, 11 February 2016: An investigative report filed by Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW) says that on 23 January 2016 another assault took place on the Hindu minority in Bangladesh. The reason for the assault reported is that the Hindu fishermen were fishing which angered the perpetrators and they launched attacks on the community. They also beat […]
Bangladesh: Hindu Man stabbed to death for his religion
Dhaka, February 9, 2016: Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW) has brought to light yet another heinous crime committed against the minority Hindu community in the South Asian country. Another report by Bangladesh Minority Watch narrates the story of one Hindu man, Bishnu Barman (28), son of late Balaram Goswami, was was making a living as a tailor […]
Bangladesh: Hindu ceremony attacked
Dhaka, 7th February 2016: Bangladesh is under the grip of severe intolerance as reports after reports pour in, which prove that minorities have little or no place in the country. Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW) has reported that perpetrators from majority Muslim community attacked Hindu funeral ceremony (Shardha) with a view to grab land belonging to the minority […]
Bangladesh: Hindu community attacked for refusing to sell cigarettes on credit
Dhaka, February 6, 2016: Hindu community in Bangladesh was under attack again as the shopkeeper from the minority community had refused to sell cigarettes on credit. Enraged members from the majority launched an attack on the refusal which resulted in 15 people from the minority community, including women and children, getting severely injured. Three houses, belonging […]
Bangladesh: Awami League workers and police personnel attack human rights lawyer
Dhaka, February 1, 2016: Rising extremism is threatening minorities in Bangladesh and even the law enforcement agencies have been infiltrated by such elements in the South Asian nation. Advocate Rabindra Ghosh of Bangladesh Minority watch in a Facebook post has revealed that Md. Moshiudowla Reza, Assistant Superintendent of Police(Hathazari Circle) Chittagong, physically assaulted him and […]
Hindu families attacked in Bangladesh
Dhaka, February 1, 2016: Bangladesh Minority Watch has reported that unknown perpetrators launched a lethal attack on the ‘Rishi’ Hindu families at Monirampur Upazila of Jessore District in Bangladesh at around 11 pm on 30th January 2016. Adding more, the organization said that close to 15 Rishi Hindu citizens were injured and some are still in […]