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Many Biharis now seek greater civil rights and citizenship in Bangladesh. [65] On 19 May 2008, the Dhaka High Court approved citizenship and voting rights for about 150,000 refugees who were minors at the time of Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence. Those born in the country since the war also gained citizenship and the right to vote.
There is some confusion regarding the number of people killed in the Golahat massacre. According to the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha and Prothom Alo, 437 Hindus were killed in the massacre. [3] [4] However, Sarmila Bose mentioned a figure of 338, quoting from an account of Dwarka Prasad Singhania, Marwari businessman of Saidpur. [7]
Flag of Bangladesh. Human rights in Bangladesh are enshrined as fundamental rights in Part III of the Constitution of Bangladesh.However, constitutional and legal experts believe many of the country's laws require reform to enforce fundamental rights and reflect democratic values of the 21st century.
Bihari Muslims are adherents of Islam who identify linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Biharis.They are geographically native to the region comprising the Bihar state of India, although there are significantly large communities of Bihari Muslims living elsewhere in the subcontinent due to the Partition of British India in 1947, which prompted the community to migrate en masse ...
Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh (Urdu: محصور پاکستانی, mahsūr pākistānī, Bengali: উদ্বাস্তু পাকিস্তানি, romanized: udbāstu pākistāni) are Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants with homelands in present-day India (then part of British India) who settled in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) following the partition of India in 1947.
Sarmila Bose in her book in 2011, Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War argues that Bengalis are in a state of denial about the massacre. [2] The Bangladesh Liberation War Museum has downplayed the massacre, calling them "isolated instances of mob violence." [4] Ezaz Ahmed Chowdhury, a Bihari community leader said:
Many in Pakistan's civil society have called for an unconditional apology to Bangladesh and an acknowledgement of the genocide, including noted journalist Hamid Mir, [256] former Pakistani ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani, [257] human rights activist Asma Jahangir, [258] former Pakistan Air Force chief Asghar Khan, [259] cultural ...
An estimated 600,000 Biharis live in 66 camps in 13 regions across Bangladesh, and an equal number have acquired Bangladeshi citizenship. In 1990, a small number of Biharis were allowed to immigrate to Pakistan. Pakistan has reiterated that as the successor state of East Pakistan, Bangladesh should accept the Biharis as full citizens.