Reports
The United Hindu Alliance UK: Report on Bangladesh
The United Hindu Alliance, UK, is a collective movement that advocates for the rights, safety, and security of Hindus while fostering unity, inclusivity, and compassion. We promote the values of Hinduism through constructive dialogue and religious practices, encouraging tolerance, peaceful coexistence, and religious harmony. Our approach is thoughtful, strategic, and inclusive, aimed at bringing people together in a meaningful way, both within the UK and Bangladesh.
Following the ousting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, Bangladesh experienced a significant increase in violence against its Hindu minority community. Reports indicate that between August and December 2024, approximately 2,200 incidents of violence targeting Hindus occurred, marking a stark rise from 302 such incidents in 2023 (India Today, Dec. 20, 2024).
UK Home Office: Country Policy and Information Note Bangladesh - Religious minorities and Atheists
Country-Based Policy Note from the United Kingdom Home Office, This Note is on Bangladesh and its religious minority groups
Bangladesh is a majority Islamic country with around 91% of the population Sunni Muslims. Other religions include Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. The constitution and other laws hold that Islam is the state religion but ensure equal status and equal rights for all religions. The government has implemented policies to protect religious minority rights and publicly declared its commitment to support religious diversity. The law provides for the prosecution of offences committed against places of worship and religiously motivated offenses against individuals. However, there are some examples of these laws and those under the Digital Security Act (DSA), which was replaced by the Cyber Security Act in 2023, being used to arrest and detain people for allegedly speaking out against or insulting the principles of Islam. Religious minorities can practice their faith freely throughout Bangladesh without harassment. There are instances of sporadic communal violence, most recently tied to political upheaval, which continue to result in deaths, injuries, assaults, and damage to property. During the August 2024 political unrest in Bangladesh, Members of religious minorities faced harassment and violence. However, many Cases were politically motivated rather than based on religious differences.
APPG - COUNTRY REPORT - THE ONGOING SITUATION IN BANGLADESH
Report on Existing Situation of Religious Minorities in Bangladesh by the Commonwealth APPG (November 2024)
The inquiry has received evidence that religious and other minorities have become a target for persecution following the change of government, but experience of this varies by region. We heard that this was driven primarily through a lack of law and order. It was widely reported in the media that Hindu temples and the private homes of Hindus came under attack following the events of 5th August.
SAFFoRB Newsletter - Volume#4
The South Asia Forum for Freedom of Religion or Belief
Monthly Newsletter Outlining the South Asian FoRB Situation (May-July, 2024)
বাংলাদেশের ধর্মীয় ও জাতিগত সংখ্যালঘুদের উপর নির্যাতন ও নিপীড়ন বিষয়ক প্রতিবেদন
সময়কাল - জুলাই ২০২৩ থেকে জুন ২০২৪
জুলাই ২০২৩-জুন ২০২৪ (এক বছর) সময়কালে দেশব্যাপী সাম্প্রদায়িক নির্যাতন ও সহিংসতার ঘটনা মোট ১০৪৫টি।
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom - Annual Report 2025
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its 2025 Annual Report on 25 March 2025
The report documents religious freedom conditions in 2024 and recommends policy to the White House, Congress, and State Department to advance freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) abroad. Congress mandated USCIRF’s Annual Report in the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998.
Report on Communal Atrocities committed upon the Religious - Ethnic Minorities in Bangladesh
August 21 to December 31, 2024
Based on reports published in various newspapers, a total of 174 communal violence incidents took place between August 21, 2024, and December 31, 2024, particularly in rural areas. Many of these attacks affected multiple families within the same incident
Report on Communal Atrocities committed upon the Religious - Ethnic Minorities in Bangladesh
August 4 to August 20, 2024
A total of 1,705 families have been directly impacted by 2,010 incidents of communal violence in 68 districts and metropolitan areas out of the 76 in Bangladesh
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Report - 4th Cycle
A Joint Submission by the South Asia forum for Freedom of Religion or Belief (SAFFoRB) and the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC)
During the 4th cycle (2022-2027), the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process will be strengthened through enhanced implementation of key human rights recommendations
জাতিসংঘের মানবাধিকার বিষয়ক হাইকমিশনারের কার্যালয়ের তথ্যানুসন্ধান প্রতিবেদন
আন্তর্জাতিক সম্প্রদায়ের কাছে বাংলাদেশে সাম্প্রতিক মানবাধিকার পরিস্থিতি তুলে ধরতে জাতিসংঘের মানবাধিকারবিষয়ক হাইকমিশনারের কার্যালয় (ওএইচসিএইচআর) ১২ ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০২৫ একটি প্রতিবেদন প্রকাশ করেছে।
এতে বাংলাদেশে ২০২৪ সালের জুলাই-আগস্ট মাসে বিক্ষোভ চলাকালে সংঘটিত মানবাধিকার লঙ্ঘন ও নিপীড়নের বিষয়টি তুলে ধরা হয়েছে।
OHCHR Fact-Finding Report: Bangladesh
Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh
UN report on human rights violations in Bangladesh between Jul 1 and Aug 15. UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk presented key findings from the report at a media briefing in Geneva on February 12, 2025.