aili Costa, a young Catholic woman, living in the Catholic parish of the Holy Rosary church under the Archdiocese of Dhaka, became destitute when her husband Joacem Costa was shot dead by unidentified thugs in the Sadhon Para area of Dhaka.
Laili Costa said, “My husband left me and my two daughters. What he earned hardly [...]
ISLAMABAD — An angry mob of Muslims on Saturday killed six Christians and wounded dozens after burning 40 houses and a church over the alleged desecration of the Koran in a remote Pakistani town, officials said.
The incident took place in Gojra village near Toba Tek Singh town, some 160 kilometres (99 miles) west of Lahore, [...]
On July 25th local Muslims attacked on a four Hindu minority houses and ransacked the local temple at Narsangdi in Bangladesh.
On Saturday late night at Charsindhu village of Polash union a group of armed Muslims attacked on a local Hindhu temple and near by four Hindu houses said a victim Onjoli Bormon
Minority Hindu victim victim [...]
Local police vandalize the minority houses of Bonikpara at Rangunia in Chittagong on July 18th . Police broke the gate enter the houses of minority families at around 3:30 in the early morning, said Asa Lota Ghosh
On Saturday police only broke into the houses of minorities and vandalize the houses and roughly beaten the woman [...]
The human rights organisation Memorial said yesterday that it would cease to work in Chechnya and close its office in the republic, as it could not guarantee the safety of its staff.
The organisation took the decision after the kidnapping and murder of Natalya Estemirova, one of its employees, on Wednesday. The decision
will be another blow [...]
Officials have shut down a legal aid and research centre founded by pioneering Chinese lawyers, increasing fears of a crackdown on those who take sensitive cases.
Authorities have also revoked the licences of more than 50 lawyers, many known for tackling human rights issues.
About 20 officials from Beijing’s civil affairs bureau arrived at the Gongmeng (Open [...]
Sapon D Costa, a hotel chef arrested during the night of 25 May for allegedly possessing illegal alcoholic beverages, was recently released on bail to wait for trial. For two weeks the Catholic man was imprisoned in Dhaka, locked up in a cell originally built for 20 inmates but currently holding about 240 men. In [...]
By Basil Fernando
A minister of the Sri Lankan government has publicly claimed responsibility for the assassination of slain newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge and for the serious injuries caused to another well known journalist, Poddala Jayantha. Yet no action has been taken against him.
Labor Minister Mervin Silva publically stated the following at a meeting in Hunupitiya, [...]
A Video Documentary By Human Rights Activist William Gomes on the atrocities against minorities in Bangladesh
Dhaka , Bangladesh, April 01 — Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play a vital role in a developing country like Bangladesh. According to Wikipedia, the number of NGOs in Bangladesh is in excess of 20,000.
The news that Islamic NGOs with foreign funds are fueling the Islamic militancy has been bubbling all over Bangladesh. The Daily Star said that suspected [...]
