DHAKA: Members of minority communities in Bangladesh confronted a minimum of 205 incidents of assaults in 52 districts because the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led authorities on August 5, in accordance with two Hindu organisations within the violence-hit nation. The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council and the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad on Friday introduced the info in an open letter to 84-year-old Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who was sworn in as the pinnacle of an interim authorities, The Day by day Star newspaper reported.
Based on the info, a minimum of 205 assaults on members of minority communities in 52 districts have been recorded since Monday, when Hasina, 76, resigned and fled to India following widespread protests towards her authorities over a controversial quota system in jobs.
“We search safety as a result of our lives are in a disastrous state. We’re staying up at night time, guarding our properties and temples. I’ve by no means seen something like this in my life. We demand that the federal government restore communal concord within the nation,” Nirmal Rosario, one of many three presidents of the unity council, mentioned.
Asserting that the state of affairs was deteriorating, Rosario urged Yunus to resolve the disaster by giving it high precedence and placing an finish to the violence.
The letter, signed by Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council Basic Secretary Rana Dasgupta and Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad President Basudev Dhar, welcomed Yunus because the chief of a brand new period born from the unprecedented student-and public-led mass rebellion aimed toward establishing an equitable society and reform.
“When individuals’s victory is advancing in direction of its vacation spot, we, with sorrow and heavy hearts, observe {that a} vested quarter is hatching a conspiracy to tarnish this achievement by finishing up unprecedented violence towards minority communities,” the letter mentioned.
It mentioned that the continued communal violence has induced widespread concern, nervousness, and uncertainty amongst minorities in Bangladesh and has additionally resulted in worldwide condemnation.
“We demand a right away finish to this example,” the report mentioned, citing the letter.
Kajal Devnath, a praesidium member of the unity council, mentioned, “These concerned in attacking minorities should be delivered to justice. If a minority particular person is attacked for political causes, it’s nonetheless unacceptable. Anybody who commits against the law must be judged, however burning properties and looting is not going to result in justice.”
Asserting that many Hindu group members are actually taking refuge in others’ properties, he mentioned, “I, too, am compelled to remain at a good friend’s home.”
On Friday, Yunus introduced the portfolios of his 16-member council of advisors after he was sworn in a day earlier because the chief advisor – a place equal to the prime minister.
Yunus’ first job was to deliver stability to Bangladesh after he responded to a name by scholar protesters for him to briefly lead the nation following weeks of lethal anti-government demonstrations towards the federal government led by Hasina.
International Affairs adviser Hossain mentioned that restoring legislation and order is the important thing precedence of the interim authorities in the intervening time, and others can be again on observe as soon as the primary purpose is achieved.
On Thursday, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for UN Secretary-Basic Antonio Guterres, mentioned that he stands towards any racially based mostly assaults amid violence towards the minority Hindu group in Bangladesh.
“What we have made clear is we need to make it possible for the violence that has been occurring in Bangladesh in current weeks is tamped down. Definitely, we stand towards any racially based mostly assaults or racially based mostly incitement to violence,” Haq mentioned.
Over 230 individuals have been killed in Bangladesh within the incidents of violence that erupted throughout the nation following the autumn of the Hasina authorities on Monday, taking the loss of life toll to 560 because the anti-quota protests first began in mid-July.
A variety of Hindu temples, households and companies have been vandalised, girls assaulted and a minimum of two Hindu leaders affiliated with the Awami League celebration headed by Hasina have been killed within the violence in Bangladesh after she fled the nation, in accordance with two group leaders in Dhaka.
Based on the info, a minimum of 205 assaults on members of minority communities in 52 districts have been recorded since Monday, when Hasina, 76, resigned and fled to India following widespread protests towards her authorities over a controversial quota system in jobs.
“We search safety as a result of our lives are in a disastrous state. We’re staying up at night time, guarding our properties and temples. I’ve by no means seen something like this in my life. We demand that the federal government restore communal concord within the nation,” Nirmal Rosario, one of many three presidents of the unity council, mentioned.
Asserting that the state of affairs was deteriorating, Rosario urged Yunus to resolve the disaster by giving it high precedence and placing an finish to the violence.
The letter, signed by Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council Basic Secretary Rana Dasgupta and Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad President Basudev Dhar, welcomed Yunus because the chief of a brand new period born from the unprecedented student-and public-led mass rebellion aimed toward establishing an equitable society and reform.
“When individuals’s victory is advancing in direction of its vacation spot, we, with sorrow and heavy hearts, observe {that a} vested quarter is hatching a conspiracy to tarnish this achievement by finishing up unprecedented violence towards minority communities,” the letter mentioned.
It mentioned that the continued communal violence has induced widespread concern, nervousness, and uncertainty amongst minorities in Bangladesh and has additionally resulted in worldwide condemnation.
“We demand a right away finish to this example,” the report mentioned, citing the letter.
Kajal Devnath, a praesidium member of the unity council, mentioned, “These concerned in attacking minorities should be delivered to justice. If a minority particular person is attacked for political causes, it’s nonetheless unacceptable. Anybody who commits against the law must be judged, however burning properties and looting is not going to result in justice.”
Asserting that many Hindu group members are actually taking refuge in others’ properties, he mentioned, “I, too, am compelled to remain at a good friend’s home.”
On Friday, Yunus introduced the portfolios of his 16-member council of advisors after he was sworn in a day earlier because the chief advisor – a place equal to the prime minister.
Yunus’ first job was to deliver stability to Bangladesh after he responded to a name by scholar protesters for him to briefly lead the nation following weeks of lethal anti-government demonstrations towards the federal government led by Hasina.
International Affairs adviser Hossain mentioned that restoring legislation and order is the important thing precedence of the interim authorities in the intervening time, and others can be again on observe as soon as the primary purpose is achieved.
On Thursday, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for UN Secretary-Basic Antonio Guterres, mentioned that he stands towards any racially based mostly assaults amid violence towards the minority Hindu group in Bangladesh.
“What we have made clear is we need to make it possible for the violence that has been occurring in Bangladesh in current weeks is tamped down. Definitely, we stand towards any racially based mostly assaults or racially based mostly incitement to violence,” Haq mentioned.
Over 230 individuals have been killed in Bangladesh within the incidents of violence that erupted throughout the nation following the autumn of the Hasina authorities on Monday, taking the loss of life toll to 560 because the anti-quota protests first began in mid-July.
A variety of Hindu temples, households and companies have been vandalised, girls assaulted and a minimum of two Hindu leaders affiliated with the Awami League celebration headed by Hasina have been killed within the violence in Bangladesh after she fled the nation, in accordance with two group leaders in Dhaka.
