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 of majoritarian…
By HRCBM Bangladesh News Desk Dinajpur, Bangladesh – April 20, 2025 — The Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) expresses deep sorrow and condemnation over the brutal abduction and murder of Bhabesh Chandra Roy, a respected Hindu community leader in Bangladesh. This incident underscores the escalating violence and systemic persecution faced by minority communities…
Sitakunda, Chattogram | October 14, 2024 A Hindu temple caretaker and elderly priest, Shree Sukumar Das, was found dead under suspicious circumstances after his body was discovered hanging from a tree near his residence in Barbakund Union No. 5 under Sitakunda Police Station in Chattogram district, raising serious concerns among local Hindus over what family…
URGENT APPEAL – HRCBM
BGD 001/2024
Mass Communal Attacks Against Minorities in Bangladesh
August 8, 2024
The Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Bangladesh.
Details on attacks are available at https://www.hrcbm.org/wp-new/mass-communal-attacks-against-minorities-in-bangladesh/
Description of the situation:
HRCBM has been informed of widespread mass communal attacks taking place against minorities across various regions in…
Minority Hindu men, women, boys and girls are arrested under Digital Security Act (DSA) on the false pretext of misinformation and blasphemy charges. Most of them are lingering in jail due to religious prejudice in the Bangladesh justice system.
Bangladesh government claims it has passed digital security act (DSA) to curtail racism, terrorism and terrorist propaganda.…
Source: Republicworld.com
Bangladesh has been shadowed by multiple episodes of communal violence since last week. Minorities, particularly Hindus, have been targeted since 1971.
Image: AP
Bangladesh has been shadowed by multiple episodes of communal violence since last week. While persecution of minorities, particularly Hindus, have been occurring in the country since its formation in 1971, recent violence…
HRCBM filed a writ petition at Calcutta High Court on June 19th, 2007 appealing that Government of India should grant Refugee status to Bangladesh Minorities, who took shelter in India to escape violence in their country.
June 24, 2007 - PRLog -- Santa Clara, California, June 22nd, 2007 – HRCBM announce today that it has filed a writ…
