Dhaka, March 23, 2016: A case of an abducted Hindu woman teacher in Bangladesh has stunned the nation with the police claiming that she was recovered on the day of the incident itself but there is still no information about the people behind her abduction. Eibela.com states that Monika Saha (34) a Hindu woman who is also […]
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Hindu girl gang-raped, threatened to withdraw case
Dhaka, March 15, 2016: Bangladesh Minority Watch has revealed that a minority Hindu College girl was gang-raped by unidentified perpetrators at the Sathiya Upazilla of Pabna District gang-raped on last Sunday night. The rapists were armed with a gun with them and threatened the victim post which they raped her one after another. After raping her they left […]
Bangladesh Minority Watch team in India, meets WB BJP President
West Bengal, February 25th, 2016: The Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW), which is working to highlight the plight of minorities like Hindus, Christians and the Chakmas in the country, met with Dilip Ghosh, who is the President of Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal. The meeting took place in Kolkata on 23rd February 2016 at his office. […]
Bangladesh: Land grabbers attack Hindu house
Dhaka, February 18, 2016: Minority Hindus found themselves under attack, yet again, in Bangladesh. Today (18th February 2016), houses of the Hindu minorities were attacked on at about 11 a.m near the bus stand within the Thakurgaon Sadar of Thakurgaon district in Bangladesh. The incident came to light via human rights watchdog Bangladesh Minority Watch […]
Bangladesh: Perpetrators Attack Kali Temple
Dhaka, February 18, 2016: Violence against the Hindu community and its right to freedom of religion seems to have become a major issue in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW) has reported that a Hindu temple has been attacked by the extremists in the country who also demolished Hindu God idols and desecrated the temple on 14 February 2016 […]
Bangladesh: Hindu cremation ground eyed by Islamists leads to attack on the minority
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 […]
Hindus protest in Pakistan against Hindu Marriage Bill, but who cares?
Pakistan, February 16, 2016: Pakistani Hindus are angry at the newly passed Hindu Marriage Bill as it has provisions that could lead to forced conversions. The protest was arranged by Sindhi Hindu Students org (SHSO) and the And Bheel Intellectual Forum (BIF) in front of the Press club Hyderabad dated 15.02.2016. This protest was done against […]
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 […]