Geneva, Sept. 23 -- At the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Narender Kumar of the Shivi Development Society, an NGO, raised serious concerns over escalating violence against religious minorities in Bangladesh, warning that freedom of religion and belief was "increasingly under threat."

Kumar noted that since the political turmoil following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation in August 2024, the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council recorded more than 2,000 incidents of communal violence between August 4 and 20, including attacks on 69 temples.

At least five Hindus were killed during this period.

He highlighted that in the immediate aftermath of Hasina's ouster, hundreds of Hindu homes, businesses, and tem...