During the six-month reporting period, HRCBM documented:

168 murders and mysterious deaths
223 kidnappings and physical assaults
41 incidents of sexual violence, rape, or gang rape
141 temple attacks and incidents of religious vandalism
234 property attacks, land grabbing, arson, or looting
17 blasphemy-related incidents

The normalized primary categories are mutually exclusive and total 824 documented incidents, reducing duplicate counting where a single incident involved multiple forms of harm.

The highest concentrations were documented in Chattogram Division, with 189 incidents; Dhaka, 166; Khulna, 135; and Rangpur, 98. Incidents were also documented across Barishal, Rajshahi, Sylhet, and Mymensingh divisions.

“When documented incidents reach 63 of a country’s 64 districts in only six months, the scale demands serious national and international attention,” said Dhiman Chowdhury, Founder and President of HRCBM. “Behind every statistic is a person, a family, a religious institution, a home, a livelihood, or a community struggling for safety and equal protection under the law.”

The report covers incidents affecting Hindu and other religious minority communities, as well as Indigenous and ethnic minority populations. Those affected include women and girls, children, older persons, persons with disabilities, religious leaders, students, teachers, farmers, workers, business owners, landowners, and entire families and communities.

HRCBM emphasizes that it does not assert that every incident involving a minority victim was necessarily motivated exclusively by religious or ethnic identity. Motive must be assessed individually. However, the geographic reach of the documented incidents, repeated attacks on identifiable religious institutions and sacred objects, communal consequences arising from blasphemy-related allegations, and documented vulnerabilities affecting minority and Indigenous communities raise serious concerns regarding discriminatory targeting and unequal protection in particular cases.

The report also warns that repeated violence and insecurity can have consequences far beyond the immediate incident. Families may lose homes and livelihoods, children’s education may be disrupted, communities may experience displacement and trauma, and minority families may increasingly question whether they can continue to live safely and with dignity in places where they have lived for generations.

“The issue is not only what happened during these six months, but whether minority citizens can rely on effective prevention, impartial investigation, protection, and accountability,” Chowdhury said. “Bangladesh must ensure equal protection of the law for every citizen, regardless of religion or ethnicity.”

HRCBM calls upon the Government and authorities of Bangladesh to ensure prompt, independent, and impartial investigations into serious violations; prosecute perpetrators in accordance with due process; protect victims and witnesses; safeguard religious institutions and minority properties; enforce judicial orders involving land and religious sites; and strengthen protection for women, girls, children, Indigenous peoples, and other vulnerable communities.

HRCBM also urges the United Nations, diplomatic missions, international human rights mechanisms, development partners, and civil society organizations to closely monitor the situation, engage with Bangladeshi authorities, and support measures aimed at prevention, accountability, equal protection, and institutional reform.

The organization stresses that the 824 incidents represent cases documented and sufficiently verified by HRCBM during the reporting period and should not be interpreted as the full scale of violations occurring throughout Bangladesh. Underreporting may be particularly significant in cases involving sexual violence, intimidation, fear of retaliation, social stigma, and barriers to accessing police and judicial institutions