Majority of attacks on minorities in Bangladesh ‘not communally motivated’ but ‘political in nature’: Police report – Times of India

Activists of Hindu Jagaran Mancha participate in a rally to protest over arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das by the Bangladesh police, in Kolkata (File photo: PTI) Majority of the attacks on minorities in Bangladesh that took place since Sheikh Hasina’s ouster were ‘not communally motivated — rather, they were political in nature’, according to a…

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8 extrajudicial killings in first 52 days of Bangladesh interim government – Times of India

DHAKA: Bangladesh-based human rights organisation Odhikar has documented that at least eight people were victims of extrajudicial killings between August 9 and September 30 following the assumption of power in Dhaka by the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus on August 8. The three-month human rights report for July-September was prepared by Odhikar based on…

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