Rana Dasgupta is also the General Secretary of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Council and Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal. The ruling Awami League, in its 2018 election manifesto, had committed to creating a National Minorities Commission and enacting a special law for effective protection of minority rights. These pledges have not been implemented.…
Referring to the incidents of communal attacks, Rana Dasgupta said that miscreants open Facebook IDs in the name of poor people of Hindu community to spread propaganda. Later they attack the houses of Hindu community people on the pretext that the religious sentiments of ‘Hindu people’ have been hurt by those Facebook IDs. He asked…
The press release said that Dhaka also expressed concern over the act of insulting the sacred values of Muslims all over the world under the guise of ‘freedom of expression’. Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance and Bangladesh believes that freedom of religion should be upheld and respected under any circumstances.