Key Highlights
- Such communal incidents need to be dealt with swiftly and firmly, he said.
- “We have observed a troubling tendency to attribute such incidents to personal rivalries, political differences, or extraneous reasons,” he said.
- “Such disregard only emboldens the perpetrators and deepens the sense of fear and insecurity among minorities,” he added.
- There have been a series of attacks on minorities, including Hindus, in Bangladesh after the killing of radical youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi in December.
- Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC) recorded 51 incidents of communal violence last month alone.
