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  A group of  Islamic extrimists attacked the minority village of Khagjana in Kalukhali upazila of Rajbari, Bangladesh. Ram Saha, Sudeb Karmakar and Sentu Karmakar were injured in the attack. The incident took place around 11 pm on Saturday. Sudeb Karmakar has filed a case with Kalukhali police station. Police have arrested two persons named Zillul and Barek in the incident. Joydev Karmakar, general secretary of the Rajbari district branch of the Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Parishad, said his village home is in Khagjana. At around 11 pm, 50 to 60 miscreants tried to attack the Karmakar Bari Durga Mandir with weapons. The locals unite and go to stop them. Sudeb Karmakar, Ram Saha and Sentu Karmakar were injured in the attack. The assailants fled when the locals united and resisted. They smashed the fences of several houses on the way. He said, "We have protested against the attack and looting of the house of the Hindu community in Shalla of Sunamganj." This could lead to an...

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  General Briefing: Bangladesh 1 May 2020 Introduction Religious minority groups in Bangladesh continue to face discrimination in the law, in society and in their treatment by enforcement agencies. Although secularism is enshrined in Article 12 of the 1972 constitution, Article 2(A) asserts that Islam is the state religion and that other religions may be practised in peace and harmony. However, a series of attacks that took place between 2013 and 2017 resulted in the deaths of several bloggers, atheists and members of religious minority groups: a worrying indication that anyone holding or expressing an opinion contrary to the state and to Islam could be under threat. Religious minorities and indigenous communities continue to be targets of discrimination, violence and land grabbing in Bangladesh. Political unrest led to repeated cycles of violence in 2013, 2014 and early 2015, with religious minorities becoming the victims of intimidation and attacks by Islamist groups and radical ...

 Key findings   1 Introduction   2 Historical background   3 Bangladesh’s religious minorities   4 Current challenges   5 Conclusion – the need for real change  6 Recommendations 24 https://minorityrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/MRG_Rep_Ban_Oct16_ONLINE.pdf

  In Nabiganj, a group of Muslim boys forcibly picked up a 16-year-old girl from a minority family and raped her overnight when she went out of the house to respond to nature. The next morning he was rescued from the abandoned place. The incident has caused panic in Kharia village in the remote area of ​​Nabiganj. According to the complaint, the young daughter of Nirananda Sarkar of Kharia village of Kaliarbhanga union of Nabiganj upazila went out of the house on Tuesday night to respond to the call of nature. Sumon Mia, Swapan Mia Gangra, son of Sundar Mia of Laharjpur village, forcibly picked her up and raped her in a medieval manner in an abandoned house next door. The occupants of the house searched him a lot and Paridan rescued him unconscious from the abandoned house of a nearby shoemaker on Wednesday morning. Upon receiving the news, Nabiganj Police Station OC Investigation Uttam Kumar Das and a team of police led by SI Perth Chakraborty rescued the victim and brought him to...

  A schoolgirl studying in 8th class of Hindu community in Targaon village of Kaharol upazila of Dinajpur has been gang-raped. Police have arrested a young man named Sumon Islam (20) in the incident. It is learned that Sumon Islam and his two accomplices, who were lying in ambush at the corner of Mallikpur Three Road at around 6 pm, took the girl to a nearby forest forcibly and gang rape.   When the accused left after raping her, she came to the front of Bakhar Khuria shop with weak body and fell unconscious. At this time, when the locals recognized the girl, they rushed her to her house in a van. On the other hand, the accused came to the house immediately after the incident and threatened that what has happened is that there is no need to go too far. On the other hand, when the incident became known to all, when the teenager tried to commit suicide by drinking twenty, she was immediately rescued and taken to the Upazila Health Complex, where she escaped death. The teenager i...

  It has been alleged that Ramesh Chandra Das, a resident of South Tumchar area of ​​Chargazi Union in Ramgati Upazila of Laxmipur, forcibly entered his house and raped a housewife (20) overnight. The incident took place at the residence of Ramesh Chandra Das in the village on Tuesday and Wednesday night. The housewife is said to be the wife of expatriate Swapan Chandra Das. According to the locals, Badsha Alam (32) Prakash Basu forcibly entered the house for two days and raped the housewife overnight. Badshah Alam is the son of Tafsir Ahmed, a resident of South Tumchar area of ​​Chargazi union in Ramgati upazila. The robber Basu took all the family members hostage at gunpoint and carried out this hellish act by tying everyone's hands and feet. According to sources, Badsha Alam raped another man on Tuesday and Wednesday night in the same manner. Badshah Alam threatened to kill him if any member of his family opened his mouth about it. Ramesh's family did not say anything to any...

  In Dinajpur's Ghoraghat, a tenth class indigenous student has been accused of gang-raping her by calling her on her mobile phone. Police have arrested the three accused after the schoolgirl's mother filed a case with the police station. The arrested are Labu Mia, 27, son of late Lal Mia of Baupukur village in Ghoraghat upazila, Ashraful Islam, 35, son of Ahmed Ali of the same village and Omar Farooq, 21, son of Belal Hossain. According to the case file, Raju, the son of the deceased Churka Hasdar of the same village, fell in love with the 16-year-old tribal schoolgirl. Knowing that the two of them were talking on a mobile phone, a young man named Labu collected the girl's phone number. Later Labu introduces himself as Raju and starts talking to the girl. At one stage, he asked to meet her at Abdur Rahman's Lichubagan next to the schoolgirl's house at around 3 pm last Saturday. Going to the garden, the student saw another young man instead of her boyfriend Raju, sh...

  On the night of January 21, two Marma brothers were raped and sexually abused in Bilaichhari One of them is a 16-year-old girl who has been raped And his 14-year-old teenage sister has been sexually abused It is alleged that the incident took place during a search operation by the army. At the moment, the two of them are in Rangamati Sadar Hospital Although they wanted to leave the hospital, they were forced to stay there "One of them has been raped," Banchita Chakma, a member of the Human Rights Commission who visited them at the hospital, told Deutsche Welle. But no case has been filed yet They are in fear Deputy Commissioner will give a report We will take further legal action after that report. " Original source :  https://p.dw.com/p/2rVeN  25.01.2018

  A letter has been issued in Chargoaldah and Malainagar villages of Dwariyapur union of Sreepur upazila of Magura urging them to leave Hinduism and convert to Islam. The handing over of such anonymous letters on Friday night has caused concern and panic among the Hindu community in the area. Various quarters protested when the picture of the letter given by unknown people was spread on Facebook. Then the local administration sat motionless. Police later conducted a raid on Saturday afternoon and arrested three people on suspicion of involvement in the incident. Main news source : https://samakal.com/whole-country/article/210356450/%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%BF

A Hindu house near Burungabazar in Osmani Nagar, Sylhet has been attacked and vandalized for allegedly running an anti-Islamic campaign on Facebook. The incident took place on Wednesday (June 5) at around 9 am on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr. Talking to the locals, it is learned that after the death of a member of the Hindu community in the last 10/12 days, there was tension among the locals over burying a Hindu dead body in the local crematorium during the month of Ramadan. Muslims were saying that creating a Hindu dead body during Holly Ramadan will damage the holiness of Ramadan. Later the matter ended locally. Following the incident, anti-Islamic propaganda was launched by opening a fake Facebook ID in the name of Divakar S Dev (29), a family member of the victim. This caused local tension. Multiple meetings were held in different villages on the issue. When the matter came to light, Divakar filed a general diary (GD) with the Osmani Nagar police station last Friday. Divakar's elder ...

In a fresh violent attack on minorities, over 80 houses of Hindu in the village of Sunamganj, Bangladesh were attacked and vandalized by the supporters of Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam. The attack was planned after a young Hindu man criticized Joint-Secretary General Mawlana Mufti Mamunul Haque in a Facebook post as reported by  Dhaka Tribune . The report details, a conference held at Derai upazila on Monday hosted Hefazat-e-Islam’s (Islamist Advocacy group of madrassah teachers and students) Amir Allama Junaid Babunagari, Joint-Secretary General Mawlana Mufti Mamunul Haque and several other central leaders. A young Hindu man from Noagaon, Shalla Upazila was enraged by Mawlana Mamunul Haque’s speech and made a Facebook post criticizing it which he uploaded on Tuesday. Upon discovering the post, Hefazat leaders staged a protest on Tuesday night alleging attempts to incite communal violence. The police had arrested the boy the same evening to bring the situation under control. Yet s...

Hefajot-e-Islam leader Mamunul's followers attacked the village of Jhumon Das, who was arrested in Shalla, Sunamganj, for making indecent remarks about Hefazat leader Mamunul Haque on social media Facebook. The incident took place at Noagram of the upazila around 9am on Wednesday. At that time they vandalized at least 87 houses in the village. The furniture and belongings  of those families were looted and destroyed. Witnesses said that Mamunul Haque's followers attacked the village with a procession with sticks. Before the attack, the residents of Noagram left their homes and took shelter in Haor. No casualties were reported due to that. Police have been deployed in the area to control the situation. At least 87 houses were attacked in Shalla including Shailendra Das, Anil Das, Digen Das, Haripada Das, Rabindra Das, Rontu Das, Asim Chakraborty, Devendra Kumar Das, Nagendra Kumar Das and Manki Das. The victim Shailendra Das said that the boy who wrote on Facebook was handed ove...

Fanatic Musilms vandalized the idol of Kali Mandir at Chilmari in Kurigram. The incident took place at Sarkarpara Public Kali Mandir in Mudafat Thana of the Upazila on Wednesday night (March 3). Kurigram Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Rezaul Karim and Superintendent of Police Syeda Jannat Ara visited the spot on Thursday (March 4th) at noon. Chilmari Upazila Nirbahi Officer M Raihan Shah said the miscreants opened the door of the temple and broke the arms, chest and head of the idols inside the temple. According to local sources, they woke up in the morning and came in front of the temple and saw the idols broken. Shri Karna Roy, president of the Upazila Hindu, Buddhist and Christian Unity Council, said who or what broke the lock of a temple and damaged the idols in the dark of night. I have demanded the police to find the culprits and punish them. Deputy Commissioner. Rezaul Karim said, "I have visited the spot and action will be taken after investigating the incident."Superin...

  Hindu idol and the temple were vandalized by Muslims in a dispute over entering a goat field in Mathbaria of Pirojpur, Bangladesh and eating crops. The incident took place at Nilkant Mistry's house in Dakshin Sonakhali of the Upazila on Friday noon. Police rushed to the spot and arrested Kabir, son of local Quddus Hawladar and Nasir, son of Fazlul Haque Hawladar of Madhya Sonakhali. However, relatives claim that Nasir is mentally handicapped. Mathbaria Police Officer-in-Charge (OC) Masuduzzaman said a case has been filed in the incident. Source: National newspaper in Bangladesh: https://samakal.com/whole-country/article/210354807/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%99%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0