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The 25 March 1971 Crackdown: Operation Searchlight

On the night of 25 March 1971, the Pakistani military launched a coordinated and brutal crackdown in what was then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. The operation, codenamed Operation Searchlight, marked the beginning of one of the darkest chapters in South Asian history. Background Tensions had been...
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The night of 25 March: When bullets and fire engulfed a nation

On 25 March 1971, an ordinary spring night turned within hours into one of the most brutal episodes in modern history. Under an operation known as Operation Searchlight, the then Pakistani military junta launched a massive assault on unarmed, sleeping Bengali civilians. The attacks,...

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Communal Violence

Trying to burn a sleeping Hindu family to death by locking the door from outside is not just a crime — it is planned...

An illegal Jamaat-backed Yunus government is in power, while Jamaat–Shibir is setting fires on...
Attacks on Political Activists

Vote Politics in the Name of “Islamic Rule”: Is Bangladesh Heading Toward Democracy or Extremist Ideology?

Jamaat-e-Islami and its various affiliated organizations—including women’s groups—are seeking votes in the name of...
Communal Violence

Hindu Youth lynched, burnt and tied to a tree on false blasphemy charge : No right to safety for minorities under Yunus

Global democracies and international outlets kept mum on savagery targeting minorities As Pakistan backed Islamists...
Human Rights

What fault did the Christians have? How safe are Bangladesh’s minorities amid repeated militant attacks backed by Yunus?

Since Mohammad Yunus’s so-called interim government came to power, the rise in attacks on...
Human Rights

How Yunus’s seeks to deny justice to minorities

In yet another brazen weaponization of false cases, Yunus led regime has unleashed propaganda...
Attacks on Political Activists

Under the Shadow of the Illegal Jamaat–Yunus Regime Not justice — only fear, terror, and death.

Another young life lost in the darkness of political unrest.In Ward 9 of Raipur...
Communal Violence

Will Jesus Christ’s Beard Survive the Coming Christmas?

The Death of a Nation’s Secular Soul and the Politics of Personal Resentment The recent...
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Jamaat, aided by Yunus supporters, involved in temple and idol vandalism

On the eve of Durga Puja, incidents of temple and idol vandalism are rising...
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Fear and Division under the Shadow of Fundamentalism, Idols Destroyed before Puja

Even before Puja, there has been a brutal attack on the country’s non-communal tradition...
Attacks on Political Activists

Death of Kritish Das in Habiganj — Under the patronage of the illegal Yunus government, a planned genocide of minorities continues!

Once again, in Habiganj, the dead body of a young Hindu man has been...
Communal Violence

The Politics of Forced Conversion in Bangladesh: Jamaat’s New Mask and the Existential Crisis of Minorities

In Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, yesterday, September 14, twenty-five members of the Sanatan (Hindu) faith formally...
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Bangladesh in Darkness: 2,616 Killed, 15,000 Women and Children Victimized Under Yunus Regime

The sky over Bangladesh is dark today. By trampling on the spirit of the...
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The 25 March 1971 Crackdown: Operation Searchlight

On the night of 25 March 1971, the Pakistani military launched a coordinated and...
Human Rights

The night of 25 March: When bullets and fire engulfed a nation

On 25 March 1971, an ordinary spring night turned within hours into one of...
Attacks on Political Activists

BNP Engulfed in Looting, Law and Order Deteriorates Sharply Ahead of Eid

With the holy Eid-ul-Fitr approaching, a deeply alarming situation of disorder has emerged across...
Communal Violence

A Brutal Portrait of the Country’s Collapsing Law and Order

Shanto, 15, Dies Under a Truck While Trying to Save His Auto-Rickshaw from Robbers At...