824 Incidents in Six Months: HRCBM Warns of Widespread Minority Persecution in Bangladesh
New six-month national report documents killings, kidnappings and assaults, sexual violence, attacks on temples and religious institutions, property attacks, land grabbing, arson, looting, and blasphemy-related incidents across 63 of Bangladesh’s 64 districts. Read Full Report FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SAN JOSE, California — July 22, 2026 — The Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM)
HRCBM Denounces Midnight Arrest of Palashbari Temple Founder Following Campaign Against Lord Ram Statue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HRCBM questions the timing and legal basis of Haridas Chandra’s midnight arrest and warns that it may reflect retaliatory enforcement influenced by religious intolerance within elements of the state apparatus July 13, 2026 | San Jose, California / Dhaka, Bangladesh The Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) expresses grave alarm over
Bangladesh’s Blasphemy Trap: How a Hacked Social Media Account Can Destroy Minority Families Overnight
HRCBM’s field inquiry indicates that the Tahirpur allegation was made on a false or unverified pretext — part of a wider pattern in which minority youths are arrested before digital forensics while families, homes, shops, and temples come under mob attack. Sunamganj, Bangladesh — A new blasphemy allegation from Tahirpur, Sunamganj, has once again exposed
Bangladesh’s Test of Religious Freedom: A Temple Under Guard, a Minority Community Under Siege
From Gaibandha to Chattogram, the pressure on Hindu worship, temple builders, and minority-rights defenders reveals a country where religious freedom is increasingly negotiated under threat. By HRCBM News Desk In northern Bangladesh, a Hindu temple complex has become the latest fault line in a deepening national struggle over religious freedom, minority security, and the limits
The Persecution Continues: HRCBM Releases National Documentation Report on Minority Communities Under Sustained Attack in Bangladesh
The Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) has released a national documentation report titled The Persecution Continues: Minority Communities Under Sustained Attack in Bangladesh, covering January–April 2026. he report documents 505 incidents across 62 districts and all 8 divisions of Bangladesh, including killings and suspicious deaths, physical assaults, kidnappings, sexual violence, attacks on temples
Customs Officer Bullet Bairagi Killed in Cumilla: HRCBM Calls for Full Motive Investigation Beyond “Mugging” Explanation
Cumilla, Bangladesh — April 2026: The killing of Bullet Bairagi, 35, a Hindu minority community member and Assistant Revenue Officer of the Customs, Excise and VAT Department, has raised serious concerns about public safety, highway security, and the vulnerability of minority citizens amid a growing pattern of reported attacks, suspicious deaths, and targeted violence across