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…