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| date = 28 February 2013 - 17 May 2013
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| injuries = 800+<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite news |last=Devnath |first=Arun |date=28 February 2013 |title=Clashes Kill 35 in Bangladesh After Islamist Sentenced to Hang |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-28/bangladesh-sentences-islamist-leader-to-death-amid-dhaka-protest.html |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=4 March 2013 |archive-date=3 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303004315/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-28/bangladesh-sentences-islamist-leader-to-death-amid-dhaka-protest.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| fatalities = 109{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
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'''2013 Bangladesh violence''' refers to the political instability, increase in crime and widespread attacks of minorities and opposition activists.

==Background==
{{Main|2013 Shahbag protests}}

==Clashes after Delwar Hossain Sayidee verdict==
===Verdict on Delwar Hossain Sayidee===
On 28 February 2013, Thursday, the [[International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)|ICT]], found [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] leader [[Delwar Hossain Sayeedi]] guilty of 8 out of 20 charges leveled against him including murder, rape and [[torture]] during the [[Bangladesh liberation war|1971 war of independence]]<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=Akrami|first1=Mina|title=More Than 80 Killed in Clashes Over Bangladesh War Crimes Trial|url=https://www.newsrecord.co/more-than-80-killed-in-clashes-over-bangladesh-war-crimes-trial/|access-date=2 April 2017|work=News|publisher=Record|date=8 March 2013|archive-date=3 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503093821/https://www.newsrecord.co/more-than-80-killed-in-clashes-over-bangladesh-war-crimes-trial/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Bangladesh: End Unlawful Violence Against Protesters|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/bangladesh-end-unlawful-violence-against-protesters|website=[[Human Rights Watch]]|publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]]|access-date=2 April 2017|archive-date=2 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402173130/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/05/03/bangladesh-end-unlawful-violence-against-protesters|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh party leader accused of war crimes in 1971 conflict |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/03/bangladesh-party-leader-accused-war-crimes |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |agency=Associated Press |date=3 October 2011 |access-date=4 March 2013 |archive-date=1 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001040733/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/03/bangladesh-party-leader-accused-war-crimes |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Clashes===
On Sunday and Monday, 3 and 4 March, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami enforced a 48-hour [[hartal]].<ref name=":0" /> Protests led by Jamaate Islami activists and Sayeedi supporters were carried out during these strikes.<ref name=":0" /> [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] supported the strike and called for another daylong strike on 5 March.<ref>{{cite news|title=BNP strike on Tuesday |url=http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2338434&date=2013-03-02 |newspaper=The News Today|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407132843/http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2338434&date=2013-03-02 |archive-date=7 April 2013 |access-date=4 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Police shot dead 31 protestors during the initial clashes.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |title=Jamaat unleashes violence, 35 killed |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/02/28/35-killed-in-jamaat-police-clashes |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=28 February 2013 |access-date=4 March 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304062207/http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/02/28/35-killed-in-jamaat-police-clashes |url-status=live }}</ref> According to [[Human Rights Watch]], members of the [[Border Guards Bangladesh]], and the [[Rapid Action Battalion|Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)]] shot live ammunition and rubber bullets into unarmed crowds, which included children, conducted sweeping arrests and used other forms of excessive force during and after protests.<ref name=":1" /> One eyewitness recalling the death of his 17-year-old family member described how he was shot after walking back from [[zuhr|afternoon prayers]]:<ref name=":1" />
<blockquote>I saw [him] on the ground with blood coming from his head. I tried to drag his body to the side. It was the first time I had seen a dead body so I was in shock. They were still shooting, so I ran down the road. … When the RAB officers stopped shooting they dragged [him] like a carcass and flung him into the car. </blockquote>During the clashes a total of 80 individuals were shot dead by [[Bangladesh Police|police]].<ref name=":0" /> Police says that it did all these killings in "self defense."<ref name=":2" />

===Lawsuits===
Police sued 98,000 people for committing violence and imposed [[Section 144]] in several districts.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2338417&date=2013-03-02 |url-status=dead |title=98,000 sued for violence in 15 dists |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407131250/http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2338417&date=2013-03-02 |archive-date=7 April 2013 |newspaper=The News Today|access-date=4 March 2013 }}</ref>

==Anti-Hindu Riot==
{{Main|2013 Bangladesh Anti-Hindu violence}}
[[File:Bangladesh districts affected by 2013 Anti-Hindu violence.svg|thumb|Map showing the places in Bangladesh where minority Hindus were attacked by the Islamist [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|Jamaat-Shibir]]]]After the verdict of Delwar Hossain Sayidee, attacks on Hindu community occurred in several districts of Bangladesh including [[Noakhali District|Noakhali]], Lakshmipur, Chittagong, [[Comilla District|Comilla]], Brahmanbaria, Cox's Bazar, Bagerhat, Gaibandha, Rangpur, Dinajpur, Lalmonirhat, Barisal, Bhola, Barguna, Satkhira, Chapainawabganj, Natore, Sylhet, Manikganj, Munshiganj.<ref name="Hindu temple-2">{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=270925|title=Hindus under attack|date=1 March 2013|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|access-date=4 March 2013|archive-date=3 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303234801/http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=270925|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hindu temple-1">{{cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/02/bagerhat-barisal-hindu-temples-set-ablaze|title=Bagerhat, Barisal Hindu temples set ablaze|date=2 March 2013|newspaper=[[bdnews24.com]]|access-date=4 March 2013|archive-date=5 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305094921/http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/02/bagerhat-barisal-hindu-temples-set-ablaze|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="jamat violence reports in Bogra">{{cite news |title=Nine Die in Bogra Violence |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/03/nine-die-in-bogra-violence |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=3 March 2013 |access-date=10 March 2013 |archive-date=13 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913093956/http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/03/nine-die-in-bogra-violence |url-status=live }}</ref> Several temples were vandalized. 2 Hindus died due to injuries in the violence.<ref>{{cite news |title=Minorities resent 'Jamaat attacks' |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/02/minorities-resent-jamaat-attacks |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=2 March 2013 |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304043735/http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/02/minorities-resent-jamaat-attacks |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="pa01032013">{{cite news |script-title=bn:বাঁশখালী ও নোয়াখালীতে হিন্দু বাড়িতে হামলা, অগ্নিসংযোগ |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-03-01/news/333020 |language=bn |work=Prothom Alo |location=Dhaka |date=1 March 2013 |access-date=3 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304054152/http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-03-01/news/333020 |archive-date=4 March 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In a [[BBC News]] report, Anbarasan Ethirajan wrote that "the recent violence is mainly blamed on the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party, whose leaders are facing war crimes at the tribunal. But the party - which opposed Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan - denies the charges."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21712655|title=Bangladesh minorities 'terrorised' after mob violence|last=Ethirajan|first=Anbarasan|date=9 March 2013|work=BBC News|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-date=7 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007062414/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21712655|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Amnesty International]] expressed concern on the anti-Hindu attacks and urged the [[government of Bangladesh]] to provide them with better protection.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/protect-hindus-ai-urges-bangladesh|title=Protect Hindus, AI urges Bangladesh|date=7 March 2013|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227200319/http://www.thedailystar.net/news/protect-hindus-ai-urges-bangladesh|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="thehindu-1">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/protect-bangladeshi-hindus-says-amnesty/article4485269.ece|title=Protect Bangladeshi Hindus, says Amnesty|last=Haroon|first=Habib|date=7 March 2013|work=The Hindu|location=Chennai, India|access-date=19 March 2013|archive-date=10 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310074143/http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/protect-bangladeshi-hindus-says-amnesty/article4485269.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> Abbas Faiz, Bangladesh Researcher of Amnesty International has said that, since the obvious risks the Hindu minority face in Bangladesh, these attacks were predictable.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/bangladesh-wave-violent-attacks-against-hindu-minority |title=Bangladesh: Wave of violent attacks against Hindu minority |date=7 March 2013 |website=Amnesty International |access-date=8 March 2013 |archive-date=16 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416131833/https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/bangladesh-wave-violent-attacks-against-hindu-minority |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Amnesty calls for protecting Hindus |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/07/amnesty-calls-for-protecting-hindus |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=7 March 2013 |access-date=8 March 2013 |archive-date=9 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309185108/http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/07/amnesty-calls-for-protecting-hindus |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bengali/news/2013/03/130307_mk_hindu_attacks.shtml|date=7 March 2013|work=BBC Bangla|language=bn|script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশে হিন্দুদের ওপর হামলায় অ্যামনেস্টির উদ্বেগ|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=12 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512080613/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bengali/news/2013/03/130307_mk_hindu_attacks.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

== 2013 Shapla Square protests ==
{{main|2013 Shapla Square protests}}
On 5 May, mass protests took place at Shapla Square in the [[Motijheel]] area of capital Dhaka. The protests were organized by the [[Islamism|Islamist]] [[Advocacy group|pressure group]], [[Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh|Hefazat-e Islam]], who were demanding the enactment of a [[blasphemy law]].<ref name="Weekend Independent">{{cite news|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=168711:press-note-on-motijheel-reflects-party-views-instead-of-govt-dudu&catid=132:backpage&Itemid=122 |title=Press note on Motijheel reflects party views instead of govt: Dudu |date=12 May 2013 |newspaper=Weekend Independent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029050045/http://www.theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=168711%3Apress-note-on-motijheel-reflects-party-views-instead-of-govt-dudu&catid=132%3Abackpage&Itemid=122 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |access-date=19 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="siege">{{cite news|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/world/other-world/radical-islamists-lay-siege-to-dhaka-1.1179391|title=Radical Islamists lay siege to Dhaka|last=Rahman|first=Anisur|date=5 May 2013|newspaper=[[Gulf News]]|access-date=19 May 2013|archive-date=10 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510070849/http://gulfnews.com/news/world/other-world/radical-islamists-lay-siege-to-dhaka-1.1179391|url-status=live}}</ref> The government responded to the protests by cracking down on the protesters using a combined force drawn from the police, [[Rapid Action Battalion]] and paramilitary [[Border Guard Bangladesh]] to drive the protesters out of Shapla Square.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ashraf |first=Shamim |date=6 May 2013 |title=Hefajat men flee Motijheel |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/security-forces-start-operation/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=28 May 2014 |archive-date=29 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529052231/http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/security-forces-start-operation/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Govt trashes loss of thousands of lives rumour |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/govt-trashes-loss-of-thousands-of-lives-rumour/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |agency=UNB |date=10 May 2013 |access-date=28 May 2014 |archive-date=29 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529084522/http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/govt-trashes-loss-of-thousands-of-lives-rumour/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh clashes rage over blasphemy law |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/05/20135510413485449.html |work=Al Jazeera |date=6 May 2013 |access-date=15 January 2019 |archive-date=8 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208101609/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/05/20135510413485449.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":13">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22418379|title=Riot police battle Islamists in Dhaka Bangladesh|work=BBC News|access-date=21 May 2013|archive-date=9 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509190619/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22418379|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the events at Motijheel, protests in other parts of the country also broke out, during which 27 people died,<ref name="May6_narayanganj_dailyStar">{{cite news |title=27 more killed |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/22-more-killed/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=7 May 2013 |access-date=7 May 2013 |archive-date=7 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507183211/http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/22-more-killed/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="May6_Narayaganj_yahoonews">{{cite news |last=Paul |first=Ruma |title=At least 20 dead in Islamist protests in Bangladesh |url=https://news.yahoo.com/death-toll-bangladesh-clashes-rises-20-police-165924074.html |newspaper=Yahoo News |agency=Reuters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506191531/http://news.yahoo.com/death-toll-bangladesh-clashes-rises-20-police-165924074.html |archive-date=6 May 2013 |access-date=7 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="BNS bears Hefajat brunt">{{cite news |title=BNS bears Hefajat brunt |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/bns-bears-hefajat-brunt/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=7 May 2013 |access-date=15 January 2019 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195300/http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/bns-bears-hefajat-brunt/ |url-status=live }}</ref> although different sources report casualty numbers ranging from 20 to 61.<ref name="May6_narayanganj_dailyStar" /><ref name="May6_Narayaganj_yahoonews" /><ref name="BNS bears Hefajat brunt" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{cite news |last=Al-Mahmood |first=Syed Zain |date=6 May 2013 |title=Bangladesh protest violence leaves more than 30 people dead |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/06/bangladesh-protest-violence-people-dead |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=20 May 2013 |archive-date=10 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010025635/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/06/bangladesh-protest-violence-people-dead |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Clashes over Islam blasphemy law kill 27 in Bangladesh |url=http://news.msn.com/world/clashes-over-islam-blasphemy-law-kill-27-in-bangladesh |work=[[MSN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610011034/http://news.msn.com/world/clashes-over-islam-blasphemy-law-kill-27-in-bangladesh |archive-date=10 June 2013 |access-date=20 May 2022}}</ref> The opposition party BNP initially claimed thousands of Hefazat activists were killed during the operation, but this was disputed by the government.<ref name=bdnews-001>{{cite news |title=HRW rebuts genocide claim |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/05/11/hrw-rebuts-genocide-claim |newspaper=[[bdnews24.com]] |date=11 May 2013 |access-date=26 October 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191431/http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/05/11/hrw-rebuts-genocide-claim |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":11">{{cite journal|title=Country Information and Guidance Bangladesh: Opposition to the government|journal=UK Home Office|date=February 2015|page=11|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/565489/CIG-BGD-Political-opponents-v1-February-2015.pdf|access-date=11 January 2017|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113154137/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/565489/CIG-BGD-Political-opponents-v1-February-2015.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Human Rights Watch]] and other [[human rights organization]]s put the total death toll at above 50,<ref name="bdnews-001" /> but rights groups have termed the events as a massacre.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="massacre" /> Initial attempts to dispute the chain of events were thwarted due to the government closure of two television channels, [[Diganta Television]] and [[Islamic TV]], which were live telecasting the operation.<ref name=":9">{{cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/05/06/diganta-islamic-tv-taken-off-air|title=Diganta, Islamic TV taken off air|date=6 May 2013|newspaper=bdnews24.com|access-date=8 February 2018|archive-date=12 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912070155/http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/05/06/diganta-islamic-tv-taken-off-air|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Attacks by Islamic extremists in Bangladesh ==
{{Main|Attacks by Islamic extremists in Bangladesh }}
From 2013, attacks number of [[secularist]] writers, bloggers, and publishers and members of religious minorities such as [[Hindu]]s, [[Buddhist]]s, [[Christians]], and [[Shia Islam|Shias]] were killed or seriously injured in attacks that are believed to have been perpetrated by [[Islamist extremists]].<ref>{{cite news |date=7 August 2015 |title=Fourth secular Bangladesh blogger hacked to death |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/fourth-secular-bangladesh-blogger-hacked-death-150807102408712.html |work=Al Jazeera |access-date=3 March 2017 |archive-date=1 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301044540/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/fourth-secular-bangladesh-blogger-hacked-death-150807102408712.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/motion-timeline-29-militant-killings-4-years-1217401 |title=Motion Timeline: 29 killings in 4 years |work=The Daily Star |date=2 May 2016 |access-date=6 May 2016 |archive-date=5 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505081736/http://www.thedailystar.net/country/motion-timeline-29-militant-killings-4-years-1217401 |url-status=live }}</ref> These attacks have been largely blamed by extremist groups such as [[Ansarullah Bangla Team]] and [[Islamic State of Iraq and Syria]].

== 2013–2014 Satkhira clashes ==
{{main|2013–2014 Satkhira clashes}}
A joint operation by [[Border Guards Bangladesh]], [[Rapid Action Battalion]] and [[Bangladesh Police|Bangladesh police]] took place in different places of [[Satkhira district]] to hunt down the activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. They began on 16 December 2013 and continued after the [[2014 Bangladesh election]].<ref name="massacre">{{cite news|title=Reports of Government Sponsored Mass Killings and Vandalism in Satkhira|url=http://progressbangladesh.com/reports-of-government-sponsored-mass-killings-and-vandalism-in-satkhira/|access-date=3 March 2017|publisher=Progress Bangladesh|date=19 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303213312/http://progressbangladesh.com/reports-of-government-sponsored-mass-killings-and-vandalism-in-satkhira/|archive-date=3 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are allegations that [[Indian Army|various formations of the Indian military]] participated in the crackdown, an allegation that Bangladesh government denies.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/01/20/khaleda-questions-satkhira-raid|title=Khaleda questions Satkhira raid|date=20 January 2014|work=bdnews24.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215221344/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/01/20/khaleda-questions-satkhira-raid|archive-date=15 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2367336&date=2014-01-16|title=Foreign office denies documents leak|date=16 January 2014|work=The News Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215112218/http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2367336&date=2014-01-16|archive-date=15 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reactions==

===Domestic===
[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP) has strongly condemned the action of law enforcement forces.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|last=Hossain |first=Farid |date=28 February 2013 |title=Bangladesh Rioting Over Court Decision Kills Dozens |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/01/bangladesh-rioting-over-court-decision_n_2787087.html |newspaper=HuffPost|agency=Associated Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301201454/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/01/bangladesh-rioting-over-court-decision_n_2787087.html |archive-date=1 March 2013 |access-date=4 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The chairperson of BNP, [[Khaleda Zia]], has termed the spate of deaths across the country as "genocide" and accused the government of oppressing the opposition parties.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-03-02&nid=41624 |title=Khaleda accuses govt of "genocide" |newspaper=The New Age|location=Dhaka |date=2 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205045434/http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-03-02&nid=41624 |archive-date=5 December 2013 |access-date=4 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The BNP Acting Secretary General [[Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir]] blamed the government for the ongoing hate attacks on the minorities (i.e. Hindu community) across Bangladesh.<ref name="Hindu temple-1" /> On the other hand, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni condemned reports of Jamaat-e-Islami activists attacking minority Hindus and their temples in different parts of the country.<ref name=ANI_FM_speech>{{cite news|title=Bangladesh FM condemns Jamaat-e-Islami attacks on minority Hindus in Bangladesh |url=http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail4/story101782/bangladesh-fm-condemns-jamaat-e-islami-attacks-on-minority-hindus-in-bangladesh.html |newspaper=ANI News |date=12 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063522/http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail4/story101782/bangladesh-fm-condemns-jamaat-e-islami-attacks-on-minority-hindus-in-bangladesh.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She said, "It is unfortunate and deplorable. The (Bangladesh) government will not tolerate any attempt to destabilize the country, or allow any breach of communal harmony."

===International===
Several international organizations have expressed their concern over the recent violence in Bangladesh as an aftermath of the verdict. [[Human Rights Watch]] urged restraint on all sides.<ref name="HRW_bdnews-1">{{cite news |title=HRW calls for restraint in Bangladesh |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/02/hrw-calls-for-restrain-in-bangladesh |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=2 March 2013 |access-date=4 March 2013 |archive-date=5 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305094531/http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/02/hrw-calls-for-restrain-in-bangladesh |url-status=live }}</ref>

Recognizing the right of the people to protest, the [[United Nations]] deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey said, "The Secretary-General [of the U.N.] recognizes the right of people to protest, and it's the responsibility of both the authorities and the people protesting to assure this is done in a very peaceful manner."<ref name=autogenerated1 />

The United Kingdom has expressed sadness over the violence and the number of senseless and unnecessary deaths that have taken place across Bangladesh during the past few days.<ref name=Hafez>{{cite news|author=Hafez Ahmed |title=UK shocked over deaths |url=http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2338611&date=2013-03-04 |newspaper=The News Today|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130405151432/http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2338611&date=2013-03-04 |archive-date=5 April 2013 |access-date=4 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[High Commissioner]] to Bangladesh, Robert Gibson, said, "I deplore the cruel and unwarranted attacks on places of worship and private property." He added, "This great achievement risks being undermined by the callous and unacceptable actions of a few. While every citizen has the right to mount a peaceful protest, intimidation and imposition of strikes disrupts the lives of all citizens and hampers the operation of legitimate business. This is sending a negative signal to the international community and those wishing to invest in Bangladesh."<ref name=Hafez /><ref>{{cite news |title=UK calls for restraint in Bangladesh |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/03/uk-calls-for-restraint-in-bangladesh |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=3 March 2013 |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-date=5 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305231627/http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/03/uk-calls-for-restraint-in-bangladesh |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister]] John Baird also expressed Canada's concern for Bangladesh.<ref name="canada">{{cite news|url=http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2013/03/08f.aspx?lang=eng&view=d|title=Canada Condemns Deadly Violence in Bangladesh|date=8 March 2013|access-date=19 March 2013|archive-date=12 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512102910/http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2013/03/08f.aspx?lang=eng&view=d|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[United States]] has also expressed their concern over the attacks on homes, temples and shops owned by Hindu community in Bangladesh and called government to ensure safety of its citizens.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/us-worried-at-attacks-on-hindus/|title=US worried at attacks on Hindus|date=6 March 2013|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=12 March 2013|archive-date=9 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309030720/http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/us-worried-at-attacks-on-hindus/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[2013 Shahbag protests]]
* [[Timeline of the 2013 Shahbag protests]]
* [[2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence]]

==References==
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