WASHINGTON, D.C., May 19, 2008: Persecution, discrimination and terror are daily realities for millions of Hindu citizens from Bangladesh and Pakistan to Malaysia and Saudi Arabia among many other countries according to a human rights report released by the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) today entitled, “Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights 2007.” The Foundation’s report (URL above) was released in Washington, D.C. today and was the basis for the testimony given by the group’s Director of Public Policy, Ishani Chowdhury, at Capitol Hill briefings on Malaysia earlier this year, and on South Asia last year. As in years past, the report considers continuing violence and terror acts against Hindus in Bangladesh and Pakistan as the most egregious. Despite a change in the government in Bangladesh, 270 acts of murder, rape and temple destruction were recorded in only the first six months, while the disproportionate enslavement of Hindus in bonded labor and kidnappings with forced conversions to Islam of Hindu women were reported again in Pakistan. Malaysia was censured for violent suppression of Hindus.
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