Protest erupts outside White House over violence against Hindus in Bangladesh
Protesters carried American and Bangladeshi flags and held posters demanding that Bangladeshi minorities be «saved.» They chanted slogans of «We want justice» and called for peace amid the recent surge in violence.
The crowd, which included activists from various human rights organizations, members of the Bangladeshi diaspora and Indian-American Hindu allies, came from Washington, Maryland, Virginia, and New York.
Protesters sought the intervention of Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist who assumed leadership of a caretaker administration on Thursday.
Shubho Roy, a Bangladeshi Hindu with family in Bangladesh, expressed anxiety over the situation and called for a permanent solution to ensure the dignity and safety of minorities in Bangladesh. «We need a permanent solution so that Hindus and other minorities can live with dignity in Bangladesh,» Roy told ANI.
«We need a permanent solution so that Hindus and other minorities can live with dignity in Bangladesh,» Roy told ANI.
He highlighted the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh who had fled their homeland after enduring years of systematic violence, discrimination, and repression. Now, they stood before the symbol of American power, demanding that the world take notice of the atrocities they had left behind. «We were pushed away from Mahabharat (India), Akhil Bharat, Akhand Bharat. We were never a part of Pakistan. We were framed and pushed away from India,» Roy added.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also called for the «safety and
