{"id":263,"date":"2021-10-20T21:54:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T21:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrcb.org\/?p=263"},"modified":"2021-10-20T21:55:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T21:55:13","slug":"amnesty-international-bangladesh-protection-of-hindus-and-others-must-be-ensured-amid-ongoing-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcb.org\/index.php\/amnesty-international-bangladesh-protection-of-hindus-and-others-must-be-ensured-amid-ongoing-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International – Bangladesh: Protection of Hindus and others must be ensured amid ongoing violence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bangladesh: Protection of Hindus and others must be ensured amid ongoing violence<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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Responding to the violent attacks on Hindu minority households and temples in Bangladesh during and after the Durga Puja, the country\u2019s biggest Hindu festival, Amnesty International\u2019s South Asia Campaigner, Saad Hammadi, said:\u201cReports of a spate of attacks by angry mobs against members of the Hindu community, their homes, temples and puja pandals during the country\u2019s biggest Hindu festival are symptomatic of the growing anti-minority sentiment in the country. 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cTargeting 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge the authorities 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. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Background\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Violence erupted in Bangladesh following allegations on social media that a copy of the Quran, the holy book of Islam, was\u00a0desecrated<\/a>\u00a0at a puja pandal (temporary structures made for the religious ceremony) in Cumilla on 13 October 2021. At least\u00a0seven<\/a>\u00a0people have been killed, and hundreds have been injured in clashes that broke out across Bangladesh since 13 October.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0local reports<\/a>, 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\u2019s information minister Hasan Mahmud\u00a0warned<\/a>\u00a0about further attacks.<\/p>\n

Teachers and staff from Dhaka University have\u00a0today blocked a major intersection<\/a>\u00a0in the city in protest against the ongoing violence.<\/p>\n

The police have filed at least 46 cases against 10,000 unidentified people for the violence and vandalism across the country.<\/p>\n

Authorities had filed eight cases\u00a0accusing thousands<\/a>\u00a0of people when hundreds of homes, businesses and temples belonging to Hindu families were set on fire in Nasirnagar in 2016 based on social media posts that alleged insult to Islam. In 2012, at least six Buddhist temples and several homes were\u00a0torched<\/a>\u00a0apparently over a Facebook post allegedly defaming the Quran.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2021\/10\/bangladesh-protection-of-hindus-and-others-must-be-ensured-amid-ongoing-violence\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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