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 and religious institutions, land grabbing, arson, looting, intimidation, and blasphemy-related persecution.
This four-month documentation report presents one of HRCBM’s most comprehensive recent civil-society assessments of continuing human-rights violations affecting Hindu and other religious and ethnic minority communities in Bangladesh.
The findings indicate that the documented incidents are not isolated or localized events, but reflect recurring patterns of violence, intimidation, sexual abuse, land dispossession, religious attacks, mob aggression, and institutional protection failures affecting minority communities across the country.
505
Documented incidents
62
Districts affected
8
Administrative divisions
4 Months
January–April 2026
The report identifies major categories of documented violations, including:
- 144 kidnapping and physical assault incidents
- 132 property attacks, land grabbing, arson, and looting incidents
- 100 murder and mysterious death incidents
- 95 temple attacks and religious vandalism incidents
- 28 sexual violence, rape, and gang rape incidents
- 6 blasphemy-related incidents
Why This Report Matters
The documented pattern reveals a continuing failure of protection, accountability, and equal access to justice for vulnerable minority communities. The report highlights recurring concerns involving delayed response, weak investigation, intimidation of victims or families, and lack of visible accountability in many cases.
Content Advisory
This report contains photographic material and detailed accounts of human-rights violations, including violence, intimidation, property destruction, religious desecration, sexual violence, abduction, and suspicious deaths. Graphic post-mortem images and highly distressing materials have been intentionally limited to protect the dignity of victims and reduce unnecessary viewer distress.