Hindu Human Rights group (HHR)
is deeply concerned about the current oppression of the Indigenous
Hindu Minority in Bangladesh. The situation is all the more
worrying following the recent election of the BNP (Bangladesh
National Party) which includes extremist Islamic elements.
Indeed, many of these groups openly call for the "Talibanisation"
of Bangladesh - their first act of achieving that goal is the extermination
of what remains of the Indigenous Hindu People.
Although the Western Media has continuously
ignored the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh (in comparison to the
full media coverage of the persecutions in Kosovo, Bosnia and Tibet,
for example), the reports of violence are equally as horrific.
It is being reported that thousands of Hindu women and girls (even
as young as 8 years) are being gang-raped and harassed by terror
squads. The murder of Hindu men and the forced conversion of
their families is also widespread. This is in addition to numerous
cases of land grabbing, kidnapping and robbery (from what is already
a poor community within this developing nation). Hindu Temples
are being demolished and desecrated on an alarming scale (this includes
incidents where cows, sacred to Hindus, have been slaughtered on
temple premises).
The terror that has been unleashed
has now led to a steep decline in the Hindu population. It
is clear to any civilised human being that this amounts to genocide
and the fact that the government is in coalition with these Terror
Squads leads us to conclude that this is state sponsored ethnic cleansing.
The persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh
is nothing new; indeed millions of Hindus were massacred in the fight
for Bangladeshi Independence. It is ironic how a community
which has sacrificed so much for their country is now the target
of this, seemingly government sponsored, rampage.
Let your voice be heard, speak out
against religious oppression and the destruction of Hindu Society.
Join us on Saturday 15 December
2001 at 12pm outside the Bangladesh High Commission, 28 Queens Gate,
South Kensington, London. Nearest tube: South Kensington and
Gloucester Road (both on Piccadilly Line).
We thank you for your support.
