Bangladesh govt urged to legislate laws to protect non-Muslims minorities

By Sharunya Raja

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2: A coalition of various multiracial non-government organizations has handed over a memorandum of protest against brutality, killings, violent attacks towards the minorities and violation of human rights in Bangladesh to consulate of Bangladesh at George Town, Penang.

The memorandum handed over on 29th October to consulate of Bangladesh at George Town, Penang.

“We express our utmost grave concern over the recent brutal and violent attacks towards the Hindu minorities in Bangladesh. Hindu temples and deities were destroyed, Hindu villages and places of business were attacked, and homes were torched by group of mobs.

“It was reported that so far hundreds were severely injured and six have lost their lives during this attack on 13th October during Durga Puja.

“The attack went on nationwide in the following days, at various locations of the country as reported by the local and international news, and the situations went out of control,” the memorandum reads.

Since March 17, there have been four assaults on Hindu minorities, with the most recent attack on Hindu minorities by a gang of Jihadists taking place on August 7th, 2021, in Kulna.

“The government of Bangladesh has shown lack of commitment in addressing on the seriousness of human rights violations towards the minorities in the nation.

“It has not only neglected its obligation to ensure human rights for all its nationals but even actively demonstrated its support for religious persecution.

“We urge Bangladesh government to take proactive steps to enforce a strict ruling and legislate an Act of Parliament to protect the non-Muslim minorities in Bangladesh from this genocide and ethnic cleansing,” the memorandum, which was sighted by The Hindu Press, added.