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TUESDAY, JUNE 06, 2023
Amnesty International expresses concern over attacks on Hindu community

Bangladesh

TBS Report
19 October, 2021, 11:35 am
Last modified: 19 October, 2021, 04:57 pm

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Amnesty International expresses concern over attacks on Hindu community

It urged the government to take urgent steps to protect Hindu community against such attacks

TBS Report
19 October, 2021, 11:35 am
Last modified: 19 October, 2021, 04:57 pm
Vandalised idols at a Feni temple. Photo: TBS
Vandalised idols at a Feni temple. Photo: TBS

Expressing concern over the violent attacks on Hindu minority households and temples in Bangladesh during and after the Durga Puja, Amnesty International has urged the government to ensure protection of the Hindu community people.

Amnesty International's South Asia Campaigner Saad Hammadi said reports of a spate of attacks by angry mobs against members of the Hindu community, their homes, temples and puja pandals during the country's biggest Hindu festival are symptomatic of the growing anti-minority sentiment in the country, says a press release.

He said such repeated attacks against individuals, communal violence, and destruction of the homes and places of worship of minorities in Bangladesh over the years show that the state has failed in its duty to protect minorities."  

"Targeting religious sensitivities to stoke communal tension is a serious human rights violation and requires immediate and decisive action from the government to address the situation of minorities in the country," he added.

Urging the government to take urgent steps to protect the members of the minority community against such attacks and ensure access to justice and effective remedies for victims, he said, "The authorities must promptly, thoroughly, impartially and transparently investigate the incidents and bring those suspected to be responsible for the violence and vandalism to account through fair trials." 

Violence erupted in Bangladesh following allegations on social media that a copy of the Quran, the holy book of Islam, was desecrated at a puja pandal (temporary structures made for the religious ceremony) in Cumilla on 13 October 2021. At least seven people have been killed, and hundreds have been injured in clashes that broke out across Bangladesh since 13 October. 

According to media reports, at least 25 houses and shops belonging to members of the Hindu community were torched in Rangpur, a northern district of Bangladesh on 17 October. The country's information minister Hasan Mahmud warned about further attacks. 

The police have filed at least 46 cases against 10,000 unidentified people for the violence and vandalism across the country.  

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