Extensive attacks on Hindus’ homes and worship sites in Bangladesh: UN report
A United Nations report said that last year demonstrations in Bangladesh and then Bangladeshi Hindu, Ahmadiyya Muslim and some members of indigenous communities faced human rights violations. The United Nations Human Rights Office report said, “The former Bangladesh government, security and intelligence services, along with the violent elements associated with the Awami League Party, systematically many serious human rights during the protests led by last year’s students. Was involved in violations. ‘
The report said that after the sheikh Hasina government was overthrown last year, “there were extensive attacks on Hindus’ houses, business establishments and worship sites, especially rural and stress areas like Thakurgaon, Lalmanirhat, Dinajpur, Silhat, There were attacks in other places like Khulna and Rangpur. ”
It said, “Hindus, Ahmadiyas Muslims and the original residents of Chittagong hilly areas also faced human rights violations while about 100 arrests have been made about attacks on different religious and original inhabitants.” According to an interviewer said that Hindu funeral sites and temples were vandalized in Thakurgaon.
Other witnesses reported that after the attacks on their property, about 3,000–4,000 Hindus from those villages took refuge near India’s border for fear of communal violence. The report said that the affected families have spoken of widespread insecurity and heavy financial loss.
According to this, many allegations were reported by the violent mob to force Hindu principals and teachers to resign. The report said that there is a long record of attacks in Bangladesh, especially temples and religious places. According to this, between 5 and 15 August, media and other local sources reported attacks on worship sites related to Hindu, Ahmadiyya, Buddhist and Christian communities in many areas. It says that arson was also organized in the temple of International Krishna Bhavnamrit Sangh (ISKCON) in Mehrpur.
The United Nations Human Rights Office said that more than 1,400 people are feared dead in Bangladesh in the action taken against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during six weeks in summer.
The Geneva -based office said in a report that security and intelligence services are involved in “systematically” violations, which may be crimes against humanity and require an investigation.
The Human Rights Office, citing “various reliable sources”, said that more than 1,400 people are expected to be killed and thousands of people were injured in demonstrations between July 1 and August 15.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left the country and moved to India from August 5 last year amid a large -scale protests led by students in Bangladesh. After these widespread performance, the 16 -year -old government of his Awami League fell. After this, Mohammad Yunus took over as the interim government of Bangladesh on August 8, 2024.
United Nations Human Rights Head Volcker Turk claimed that “judicial killings, widely arbitrary, were arbitrarily arrested,” by the information and coordination of political leadership and top security officers to suppress protests.
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