Investigation conducted by: Rabindra Ghosh, Mohammad Yousuf.
Date of investigation: 13th of November, 2011
1. Identity of the victim:
Ms. Karuna Sarkar (30) 2) Ms.Shymoli Rani Sarkar (25)
The most alarming matter is this: if a civil governmant fails to run the country, if the Islamic
minded and/or anti-secular government comes into the power (which is probably likely), the
humanrights issue of the minority women will be again severely detariorate. So, we all personally,
nationally, globally must be united with the view that no detarioration for the rights of minority
women in Bangladesh will be toletared. And we will do our best establish equal rights of our
minority women.
Buddhist: The mostly Buddhist population are concentrated in the districts of Bandarban,
Rangamati and Khagrachari, also known as Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Different statistics are
found for their quantity. The above source shows the Buddhists are 0.56% of the total population,
and hence, the women are nearly 300,000.
Christian: Arround 0.5mln Christian women live in Bangladesh. The majority of discrimination
against Christians comes from Muslims who threaten Christian work, deny them access to public
water wells, beat them, threaten them in exchange for money, or destroy their rickshaws to
eliminate their only source of income. Christian women are more educated, economically solvent
and right conscious. However, it did not guarantee them to escape from the persecution. Their
women are equally being subject to persecution. The Voice of the Martyrs listed the series of
persecution of the Christian women. (http://www.persecution.net/bangladesh.htm). Christian NGO
workers are often facing severe difficulties, where the women suffer the most. (Further reading:
http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Persecution_of_Ex-Muslims (Bangladesh)
Ahmadyya Muslim. They are long been subject to intolerance in the mainstream Muslim society.
Often they face severe persecution. However, not much record is codified against the persecution of
their women. However, their overall situation is tragic, hence, analogically the Ahamadyya women
are also persecuted. Detaled here „Bangladesh Govt need to act against Ahmadiyya tormentors, by
Mirza Ghulam Rabbi, Source: Editorial: The New Age, Dhaka, November 16, 2011.
2) Ethnic: Indiginous, who are mostly in the Chitagong Hill Track area, some are in plain lands.
By religion the CHT inhabitants are mainly Buddhist, while Khasi and Mandi are predominantly
Christian. Other indigenous peoples have retained their original animism or have affiliated with
Hinduism, especially the Hajong, while Rajbansi either are Hinduized or have become Sunni
Muslims.
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