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Violence also saw an uptick in the 1950s and 1960s in what had then become East Pakistan (present-day-Bangladesh), leading to large numbers of upper caste Bengali Hindus migrating to West Bengal, Assam and Tripura with official Indian government records indicating 2,519,557 (Hindu) refugees crossed into India from East Bengal between 1941 and 1951.
A court in Bangladesh has denied bail to a prominent monk who had been leading rallies demanding security for the minority Hindu community in the South Asian country.. Chinmoy Krishna Das, the ...
It was formed as an alliance of 23 Hindu religious organisations of Bangladesh on 17 September 2006. [3] BJHM's main objectives are to consolidate the Hindu community, protect and serve Hinduism and to realise the religious, social, cultural and political rights of the Hindu community in Bangladesh. [4] [5]
Protests were held in Warren and Hamtramck to bring attention to attacks against Hindus, Christians and other minorities in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi American Hindus in Michigan rally for minorities ...
Arobinda Mohalder, who is part of Bangladesh’s Hindu minority, had just learned that a Hindu official working for the Awami League party in the country's Khulna district escaped after an angry ...
The UK Parliament had a discussion and raised concerns over the violence against the Hindu minority in Bangladesh and the arrest of Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das. Conservative MP Priti Patel and Labour MP Barry Gardiner highlighted attacks on Hindu temples and called for action to address the escalating tensions.
The long-ruling secular party is seen as a protector of the Hindu minority and has close ties to neighboring India. Hundreds of Hasina’s supporters, including many close aides, are believed to have fled to India after her fall. Prabhu is a prominent Hindu leader and a respected figure.
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, an umbrella organization of the country's minority groups, denounced the arrest of Prabhu in a statement and demanded his release. India's Ministry of External Affairs expressed “deep concern” in a statement on Tuesday.