Manisha Pathak

How anti-Hindu violence is sanitized & suppressed. A textbook example from Bangladesh The country is descending into a state of savagery, with Hindus facing the brunt. Yesterday, Islamists lynched and killed Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu factory worker, and then hung his body from a tree and set it on fire. They also attacked diplomats and destroyed the offices of media outlets, like @dailystarnews and @ProthomAlo which have tried to continue reporting on the expanding reign of Islamist terror. Unsurprisingly, global institutions are stepping in to suppress and sanitize the religious bigotry driving this violence. For instance: (1) The Associated Press, the world’s leading news wire service, makes no mention of Dipu Chandra Das. We have seen images and videos that are too graphic to share but, shamefully, the @AP does not even mention Das in its article. It’s as though, in AP’s “records”, Das never existed nor was he ever tortured and murdered for his faith. apnews.com/article/bangla… (2) The @UNHumanRights Commission issued a press release condemning the murder of an Islamist leader but it too made no mention of Das or the persistent violence against minorities. Das lost his most basic human right—the right to life. But because he was Hindu, the @UN and human rights groups will not even pretend to care about Das. ohchr.org/en/press-relea… (3) The @USembassyDhaka has posted on X to condemn the death of the Islamist leader but made no mention of Das. x.com/usembassydhaka… (4) In the weeks and months ahead, the commentariat will instead accuse those, who ask for justice for Das of being “Hindu Nationalists”, “Right-wing”, “Hindutva” or “agents of the Indian state”. Elite academics will deny #Hinduphobia exists; mock us for asking for recognition of anti-Hindu hate; and accuse us of spreading divisiveness and misinformation. They will do this with confidence and credibility because of the deliberate omission of Das’ name and murder by the organizations supposed to be global custodians of public records. In a few days, #DipuChandraDas, murdered by Islamist radicals, will be forgotten by the world, mourned only by his destitute family. Our work in Bangladesh has repeatedly highlighted this pattern. cohna.org/bangladeshi-hi… @USAmbBangladesh @ChiefAdviserGoB @RepShriThanedar @CongressmanRaja @CApress_sec @HRCBM @bhbcoporg @askbd_org @USCIRF @StateIRF @POTUS @JDVance @SecRubio @DNIGabbard @CanadaFP @GAC_Corporate @MelissaLantsman @openparlca