Bangladesh Govt Issues Order Directing Various Departments to Provide a list of Hindu Officers

Published on: September 05, 2024 - The Bangladesh government has ordered an audit of Hindu officers. A directive from the Cotton and Jute Ministry on August 29 instructed all other ministries and departments to compile a list of Hindu joint secretaries and officers of equivalent rank. This order followed an August 27 directive from the Bangladesh President’s Personnel Department, which called on ministries and autonomous institutions to produce such a list. The Rights and Risks Analysis Group has petitioned the United Nations to address what they describe as racial profiling of Hindu officers under the caretaker government in Bangladesh, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. They have urged U.N. Special Rapporteurs on contemporary forms of racism, freedom of religion or belief, and minority issues to intervene and stop the caretaker government from continuing this practice.