“Bangladesh: Riots and Court Decisions on Fabricated Blasphemy Cases”, Bitter Winter, June 12, 2023:

“Bangladesh’ ultra-fundamentalist Muslims are increasingly using fabricated charges of blasphemy, which is punishable as part of the crime of “hurting religious feelings” and under the Digital Security Act, to promote themselves. They often target religious minorities.

On May 23, the Rangpur Cyber Tribunal convicted of blasphemy a young Hindu from the village of Thakurpara, in the Rangpur district, called Titu Roy and sentenced him to ten years in jail. He should also pay fifty thousand Bangladeshi taka ($467), failing which another five months will be added to his sentence.

Titu Roy was accused of having disseminated a blasphemous comment against Prophet Muhammad through Facebook in 2017. The post led to a mob assaulting the houses of Hindus in Rangpur, burning and pillaging several of them. Titu Roy was subsequently arrested…..”

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