Vediculture member in Bangladesh needs help

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>nomoshkar, >thanks a lot for your concern. please help >distributing this

information. already it is a mayhem >and i do not know how long would i stay in

my >motherland. my father used to say as a hindu we have >belongingness to

motherland - but i am not sure >anymore. >any help of any sort is desperately

required. > >Press Release > >Nearly 200,000 Hindu and Other Religious

Minorities in >Bangladesh Terrorized >by the Bangladesh Ruling Party and

Islamic >Fundamentalists. >October 12, 2001

>http://www.hrcbm.org/news/mahyem_ajkerkagaj.html

>http://www.hrcbm.org/news/janakant_news.html > >According to newspaper reports

and eyewitnesses, Hindu >and other religious >minorities of Bangladesh are being

terrorized by the >Ruling Party >and Islamic Fundamentalist organizations. The

Hindu >populated village of >Ramshil under Kutalipara sub-district of Gopalganj

has >become a refugee camp >overnight. Post Election violence in three districts

>of Bangladesh has >displaced more than 15 thousand minority families who >have

taken refuge in >various schools, colleges and open fields of Ramshil >union.

According to >eyewitness reports - torture, oppression, looting, >gang raping,

and other >atrocities can even overcome the barbarism of the 1971 >war. > The

unaided and terrorized thousands of these >minorities are from >Gournadi of

Agailzara under Barishal, Mullahat of >Bitalmari under Bagherhat, >and Najirpur

of Firujpur. Among these districts the >severely affected area >is Barishal

where numerous women were gang raped and >repressed inhumanely. >According to

Chhatra League Secretary Rasel and Bipul, >BNP and Jamait allies >went on a

barbaric rampage in Chandshi, Bahadurpur, >Barthi, Pingolkati, >Ashukati,

Agailzara and numerous other places on >minorities for their >support of Awami

League. They gang raped women >publicly, removed eyes of >victims, slaughtered

any one in their way. An >eyewitness says, "you name any >sorts of barbaric

misdeeds, these Islamic >fundamentalists have committed >them all." The

barbaric raping of two teens from >Dhanduba under Gournadi >sub-district by the

aforementioned miscreants will >shame the entire world. >They have even poisoned

the ponds so that minorities >cannot even drink the >water. Most of the

displaced minorities are preparing >to leave Bangladesh. >The villagers of

Ramshil are afraid that the Islamic >fundamentalist may >attack their village

too. > The same barbaric rampages are reported from >Rajshahi, Chapainababganj,

>Pabna, Atgoria, Kashinathpur and other Northern >districts of Bangladesh.

>Hindu minorities from Dinajpur, Takurgawn, Gopalpur, >Tarash Sirajganj,

>Ullapara, Gaibanda and Shahajadpur are already leaving >the country. The

>indigenous people along with other minorities are also >victims of the same

>barbaric rampage. Most of the victims stated that no >police protection was

>seen anywhere. Minorities in Bangladesh have no >government support. > Human

Rights Congress for Bangladeshi Minorities >(HRCBM) appeals to >Governments and

aid agencies all over the world to >immediately provide >relief to these

terrorized minorities in Bangladesh. > >Dr. Chanchal Chatterjee >Human Rights

Congress for Bangladeshi Minorities >(HRCBM) >P.O. Box 5493, Santa Clara, CA

95056-5493 >Email: info (AT) hrcbm (DOT) org >Web Page: http://www.hrcbm.org >

>dhannyabad, >malti