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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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Oppression On Minority Groups

⁨Cow slaughter at the foothills of Chandranath Dham: A new blueprint for communal provocation in the heart of non-communal Bangladesh?

Chandranath Dham in Sitakunda is one of the most sacred Hindu pilgrimage sites in...
Human Rights

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...
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...
Human Rights

“A Nation Without Us”: Religious Minorities Shut Out, Attacked, and Ignored in Bangladesh’s New Regime

Leaders from the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council have alleged that the interim...
Human Rights

Minority Persecution in Bangladesh Continues Under Yunus’s Patronage!

Attack on Hindu Village in Pirojpur – 5 Injured, Including a Child! Is the...
Communal Violence

Religious Intolerance and Vigilantism on the Rise in Bangladesh

A group of Islamists in Madaripur, Bangladesh, partially cut down a century-old banyan tree...
Communal Violence

Persecution of Minorities Under the Guise of “Blasphemy”: A State-Sanctioned March Toward Religious Extremism

In Bangladesh, the targeted oppression of religious minorities has become a systematic, deliberate, and...
Communal Violence

Yunus regime depriving Hindus of basic needsDeliberate denial of state assistance worsened plights of arson affected 20 Hindu families

Robbed off livelihood and as their houses are burnt down, at least twenty Hindu...
Human Rights

Yunus’s brutal repression of minorities in Bangladesh, no accountability

No human rights for Hindu rights activists, sweeping indemnity for murder of minoritiesWhile Yunus...
Communal Violence

⁨Yunus regime enforcing religious persecution on academic institutions

Systemic spread of violence and extremism wiped out ideals of tolerance, no safety for...
Oppression On Minority Groups

Deliberate Attack on Religious Minorities in Bangladesh: Christian Church in Chattogram Targeted with Dumped Garbage

A Christian church in Chattogram targeted with garbage in a deliberate attack on religious minorities. Highlights ongoing human rights violations in Bangladesh under Dr Yunus’s government.

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Human Rights

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...