B’desh Hindus demand more security
1 April 2013 6:27 AM IST
Amid nationwide violence in Bangladesh over 1971 war crimes trial of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, the country’s human rights body has criticised the government for inadequate steps to protect Hindus from recent attacks as the minority community demanded more security.
‘The government must answer why the people of religious minorities were living in insecurity in Bangladesh,’ Mizanur Rahman, the chairman of Bangladesh National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), said at a seminar on Saturday.
His remarks came against the backdrop of countrywide violence following the pronouncement of verdicts against top Islamist leaders for ‘crimes against humanity’ during the 1971 war. In the violence, Jamaat activists torched or vandalised several Hindu temples and damaged hundreds of their homes. A group of people was trying to use religion in a negative way to create confusion among the common people but ‘the government and the state have to take the responsibility of protecting the religions of all people,’ Rahman said.
A senior leader of Hindu community asked for ‘intensified political resistance’ for their protection.
‘The government must answer why the people of religious minorities were living in insecurity in Bangladesh,’ Mizanur Rahman, the chairman of Bangladesh National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), said at a seminar on Saturday.
His remarks came against the backdrop of countrywide violence following the pronouncement of verdicts against top Islamist leaders for ‘crimes against humanity’ during the 1971 war. In the violence, Jamaat activists torched or vandalised several Hindu temples and damaged hundreds of their homes. A group of people was trying to use religion in a negative way to create confusion among the common people but ‘the government and the state have to take the responsibility of protecting the religions of all people,’ Rahman said.
A senior leader of Hindu community asked for ‘intensified political resistance’ for their protection.
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