Utpal Dutta: A large number of atrocities were committed against the members of the minority communities across the country where regrettably the violations against Hindu minority have been left unnoticed reveals Human Support Society, HRSS.
In a Half Yearly Human Rights Report done by Human Resource Society, HRSS come out with a sequence of painful events that harshly hinders the human Rights of the minority societies in Bangladesh..
Between January and June 2018 at least 02 men were killed, 04 houses and 15 temples were partly or fully crushed down while 10 minority members were injured. A total of 20 incidences came about, reveals the study of HRSS.
Another observation by Human Rights Watch in the world reports, 2017 shows the atrocities that indicate an appraisal between the traits of past two years. In April, 2017 the advocacy group Hindu-Buddha-Christian Oikya Parishad said there had been three times more incidents of violence against minority communities in the first three months of 2016 than in all of 2015.
Haradhan Bhattacharya was mercilessly killed on March 06, 2018. He was familiar by his nickname name Haru Sannasi, a Hindu priest and philanthropist as well. The humanitarian priest was brutally strangled inside his own room in his own village in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna district, reports a national daily. The reports also state that the nephew of the priest had to fall victim of the same ill-fate.
Several religious leaders were killed or battered in targeted attacks allegedly by the extremist group targeted secular writers.
Shrines, temples and homes were attacked over the October 2016 Diwali festival. Sporadic attacks against the Hindu community are found persisted although the government responded by arresting several hundred suspects. Among other areas thousands of indigenous people especially in the Chittagong Hill Tracts are exposed to risk of forced displacement.
International Covenant on Civil and Political Right adopted UNHCR and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution in16 December 1966.
Article 26 says, all persons are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to the equal protection of the law. In this respect, the law shall prohibit any discrimination and guarantee to all persons equal and effective protection against discrimination on any ground such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Article 26 asserts while protects with flawless and firm resolution that all the law shall prohibit any discrimination and guarantee to all persons equal and effective protection against discrimination on any ground such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Article 27 further declares, in those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right, in community with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise their own religion, or to use their own language.
Among other reasons, applying force to displace indigenous people and forcibly grabbing land are found to be the most crucial issues behind this atrocities that leads to dire consequences, ascertains the Human Rights Activities.
Writer: Editorial Assistant, The New York Times, Bangladesh National Section