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REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

Updated: May 27, 2002 09:39

14-Feb-02 (BBC News) Bangladesh opposition call to end persecution - The opposition leader in Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has issued an international appeal for help in ending what she describes as political and religious persecution in her country.

02-Feb-02 (BBC News) Rajhastan 'expels Bangladeshis' - Reports from the western Indian state of Rajasthan say the authorities have deported 16 Bangladeshi citizens back to their home country. A police superintendent in Jaipur said the Bangladeshi citizens had been involved in criminal activities.

19-Jan-02 (BBC News) Bangladesh court releases journalist - The High Court in Bangladesh has ruled that a prominent journalist who has been imprisoned on sedition charges for two months should be given bail. Lawyers acting for Shahriar Kabir say that he is being victimised solely because of his work to highlight the plight of the country's Hindu community.

12-Jan-02 (BBC News) Bangladesh scribe arrest 'illegal' - Two high court judges in Bangladesh have ruled that the detention of a prominent journalist, Shahriar Kabir, on sedition charges is unlawful.

22-Dec-01 (BBC News) Bangladesh alleges 'separatist plot' - The Home Minister of Bangladesh, Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, says that some members of the country's minority Hindu community are engaged in a plot to promote separatism in the country.

09-Dec-01(BBC News) Treason probe into Bangladesh journalist - Bangladeshi police begin a treason investigation into leading journalist Shahriar Khan after his report on violence against the minority Hindu community.

09-Dec-01(BBC News) Bangladeshi journalist charged with treason - A journalist who made a video documentary about Hindus who reportedly fled Bangladesh following post election violence is charged with treason.

03-Dec-01(BBC News) Bangladesh PM 'opponents inciting violence' - The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia, has blamed her political opponents for attacks on the minority Hindu community that  have taken place since the general election in October.

01-Dec-01(BBC News) Questions over Bangladesh detention - The High court in Dhaka asks the government to expalin why it is still keeping leading journalist Shahriar Kabir in detention.

26-Nov-01(BBC News) Court order on Bangladeshi Hindus - The High Court in Bangladesh orders the government to explain why it doesn't do more to protect the country's Hindu religious minority.

23-Nov-01(BBC News) Indian concern over Bangladesh Hindus -  Members of the Indian parliament express concern over a reported increase in violence against the Hindu community in Bangladesh.

22-Nov-01(BBC News) Bangladesh Hindus 'will not go back - Hundreds of Bangladeshi Hindu families who have fled to India to escape attacks at home are refusing to return to their villages

20-Nov-01(BBC News) Calcutta refugees protest against Dhaka -  Nearly 5,000 Bengali Hindus, displaced from Bangladesh over the years, hold a rally in Calcutta in support of those recently arrived from Bangladesh.

17-Nov-01(BBC News) Academic's murder sparks Hindu protest - Minority Hindus in the southern Bangladeshi port city of Chittagong have staged a violent protest following the murder of a prominent university professor. Hindu leaders have cancelled religious festivities The professor, Gopal Krishna Mahuri, was shot dead at point-blank range on Friday by unidentified assailants.

15-Nov-01(BBC News) Appeal over Bangladeshi refugees in India  -  The Left Front in West Bengal is appealing to the Delhi government to raise the issue of Bangladeshi Hindus refugees with Dhaka

15-Nov-01(BBC News) India state warns of Bangladesh refugees -The chairman of the ruling party in India's West Bengal state says that thousands of people have fled from neighbouring Bangladesh... Most of the refugees are Hindus, and representatives of minority religious groups in Bangladesh have accused Islamic supporters of the Bangladesh National Party of seeking to oust religious minorities from the country ..

08-Nov-01(BBC News) Bangladesh Hindu atrocities 'documented' -Shahriyar Kabir of the South Asian Coalition Against Fundamentalism told the BBC his group had collected evidence from victims who had fled the country.

07-Nov-01(BBC News) Confusion over Bangladeshi Hindus -The Home Minister of Bangladesh, Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, says he is unable to confirm reports...

06-Nov-01(BBC News) Bangladeshi Hindus held at border - Bangladeshi border guards have detained 124 people belonging to the country's minority Hindu community while they were trying to cross the border into India. This is the first such incident in Bangladesh following reports in the Indian press that Bangladeshi Hindu's were taking refuge in the neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal to escape repression at home.

19-Oct-01(BBC News) Analysis: Fears of Bangladeshi Hindus - BBC News Online examines why Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh feel under threat

15-Oct-01(BBC News) Bangladesh Hindu attacks 'exaggerated' -Home Minister's irresponsible remarks on attacks on minorities.

10-Oct-01(BBC News) Bangladesh Hindus seek protection - Leaders of the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh meet the country's president to ask him to ensure the safety of minority communities.

03-Oct-01(BBC News) Bangladesh's Islamic revival - The success of an Islamic party allied to the BNP in Monday's poll has raised concerns about growing Islamic influence, writes the BBC's Alastair Lawson.