DHAKA — Tens of thousands of minority Hindus rallied on Friday to demand Muslim-majority Bangladesh's interim government to protect them from a wave of attacks and harassment and drop sedition cases against Hindu community leaders.
DHAKA — Tens of thousands of minority Hindus rallied on Friday to demand Muslim-majority Bangladesh's interim government to protect them from a wave of attacks and harassment and drop sedition cases against Hindu community leaders.About 30,000 Hindus demonstrated at a major intersection in the southeastern city of Chattogram, chanting slogans demanding their rights while police and soldiers guarded the area. Other protests were reported elsewhere in the South Asian country.
com, the Republican presidential candidate said: 'I strongly condemn the barbaric violence against Hindus, Christians and other minorities who are getting attacked and looted by mobs in Bangladesh, which remains in a total state of chaos.'Hindu activists have been staging protest rallies in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere since August to press a set of eight demands.
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