Picture:
The 1992
Mallya Massacre of
indeginous
tribal at Chittagong Hill Tract.
Since its independence in 1971, Bangladesh has ignored the fundamental
rights of minorities and slowly made the minorities as the second class
citizen of the country. The direct state sponsored discrimination become
noticeable right after the birth of the country. In 1972, the then
president of Bangladesh enacted “Vested Property Act” by changing the
name of Pakistan’s black law of 1965 “The Enemy Property Act”. The then
East Pakistan from which Bangladesh was born as an independent country
enacted the “Enemy Property Act” in 1965 to confiscate the land of Hindu
minorities which is an act by state to annihilate minorities of the then
East Pakistan. It is well known fact that East Pakistan was involved in
state sponsored genocidal crime against minorities since 1947 when it
breakaway from British India.
The atrocity and persecution endured by the
minorities in East Pakistan finds no difference in their plights even
after the independence of Bangladesh. Some argues that country’s
minority has suffered severely during 1971 independence movement of
Bangladesh and sustained the diabolical pestle hoping for the best in
the newly born country. Instead they were turned down again and again by
government of Bangladesh. Amnesty’s rightful stating, “All government
has let down minorities in Bangladesh” is the indication of the hindered
truth.
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