A terrifying existence
RICHARD L BENKIN Why this silence on organised anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh? Reports began trickling out of Bangladesh this spring about an anti-Hindu violence in the heart of its capital…
A quiet case of ethnic cleansing: Saving the Bangladeshi Hindus
RICHARD L BENKIN Bangladesh’s Hindu population is dying. That is not opinion; it is a fact. At the time of India’s partition (1947), they were just under one in three…
‘Hindus most discriminated in Pak, Bangladesh’
An American Congressman has slammed the alleged ethnic cleansing of Hindus in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan and said that Hindus have been discriminated much more than any other ethnic group…
Hindu Human Rights Report
The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) has released its first annual report on the status of Hindu human rights in Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Entitled…
The Decline of the Hindu Population in Bangladesh
At the time of Partition in 1947, the Hindu population, in what is now Bangladesh, was about 31%.4 By 1961, Hindus comprised 19% of the population. By 1974, the Hindu…
People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Bangladesh was created after the India-Pakistan War of 1971, a conflict—elaborated in this report—that was preceded by the massacre of an estimated two million East Pakistani citizens and the ethnic…
Attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh between January 1, 2004 and November 30, 2004
Attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh are commonplace with the government doing little or nothing to prevent them. Common attacks include murders, rapes, lootings, kidnappings, and temple destructions. In October, The…
Survey of annual human rights reports: documentations and omissions
The impetus of this report, beyond the need to comprehensively document Hindu human rights abuses in South Asia, is to augment the perfunctory coverage this issue receives in the annual…
People’s Republic of Bangladesh Policy Brief: 2010 – 2011
I. Background • The People’s Republic of Bangladesh is a parliamentary democracy with a legal system based on English common law and Islamic law. The country shares an ancient Bengali…
Shaking your Fists and Do Something!
By Dr. Richard L. Benkin Address to Telugu Association of North America (TANA) Rosemont, IL (Suburban Chicago) I was asked to come here today to talk about the ethnic cleansing…