Human Rights Reports
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Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights, 2012
HAF's ninth annual Hindu Human Rights Report has been reorganized to divide countries covered into three categories: Egregious Violators, Countries of Serious Concern, and Monitored Countries. Egregious Violators include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Pakistan. In the category of Countries of Serious Concern are Bhutan, the Indian State of Jammu & Kashmir, and Sri Lanka. And finally, the three nations of Fiji, Saudi Arabia, and Trinidad & Tobago compose the Monitored Countries.
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Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights, 2011
The eighth annual Hindu Human Rights Report from HAF covers violations against Hindus seven countries - Bangladesh, Bhutan, Fiji, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Trinidad and Tobago - and the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. Once again, it includes a Hotspots of Trouble section with coverage of both Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. The report provides detailed accounts of human rights violations are in the areas of violence against women, murder, ethnic cleansing, temple destruction, socio-political ostracization, disenfranchisement, discrimination, and forced conversions.
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Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights, 2010
The Foundation's seventh annual Hindu Human Rights Report details violations against Hindus in areas where they are minority - namely in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Fiji, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago, in addition to Pakistan and the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. It also includes a Hotspots of Trouble section which includes coverage on Afghanistan, Australia and Saudi Arabia. The report provides detailed accounts of human rights violations are in the areas of violence against women, murder, ethnic cleansing, temple destruction, socio-political ostracization, disenfranchisement, discrimination, and forced conversions.
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Hinduism: Not Cast in Caste - Seeking an End to Caste-based Discrimination
Caste-based discrimination is a serious issue in the Indian sub-continent. Over 160 million people fall under the category of Scheduled Castes (SCs), the erstwhile untouchables, and still suffer from terrible discrimination. And, while untouchability has been outlawed, abuse and discrimination of SCs persist, particularly in rural areas of India. Caste-based discrimination and a birth-based hierarchy are not intrinsic features of Hinduism, and they represent a failure to uphold the highest ideals proffered by Hinduism’s essential, spiritual teachings, namely that each and every living being is, by his or her nature, divine. Prominent Hindu religious and spiritual leaders have joined the Hindu American Foundation by issuing statements against caste-based discrimination and a birth-based hierarchy. The elimination of caste-based discrimination must be a top priority for all segments of Indian society.
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Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights, 2009
The Foundation's sixth annual Hindu Human Rights Report details violations against Hindus in areas where they are minority - namely in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Fiji, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago, in addition to Pakistan and the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. It also includes a Hotspots of Trouble section which includes coverage on Afghanistan, Australia and Saudi Arabia. The report provides detailed accounts of human rights violations are in the areas of violence against women, murder, ethnic cleansing, temple destruction, socio-political ostracization, disenfranchisement, discrimination and forced conversions.
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Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights, 2008
The Foundation's 2008 Hindu Human Rights Report details violations against Hindus in areas where they are minority - namely in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Fiji, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago, in addition to Pakistan and the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. The report provides detailed accounts of human rights violations are in the areas of violence against women, murder, ethnic cleansing, temple destruction, socio-political ostracization, disenfranchisement, discrimination and forced conversions.
Press Release: Freedom and Human Rights Denied to Many Hindus Worldwide
Press Release: Endorsements of HAF's Fifth Annual Human Rights Report
Executive Summary: in PDF format
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Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights, 2007
The Hindu American Foundation's fourth annual Hindu human rights report details violations against Hindus in areas where they are minority. It extends the scope of earlier reports by covering the nations of Bhutan, Fiji, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago, in addition to Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. The human rights violations are in the areas of violence against women, murder, ethnic cleansing, temple destruction, socio-political ostracization, disenfranchisement, discrimination and forced conversions. In addition to this report, the new Government Supplement details nearly $1 billion of appropriations from the United States to each of the covered countries and the State Department requests for aid.
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Press Release: Hindus Suffer Religious Persecution in Several Countries--Says Human Rights Report
Press Release: Endorsements of HAF's Fourth Annual Human Rights Report
Executive Summary: in PDF format
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Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights, 2006
The Hindu American Foundation's third annual Hindu human rights report details violations against Hindus in areas where they are minority. It extends the scope of earlier reports by covering the nations of Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago, in addition to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. The human rights violations are in the areas of violence against women, murder, ethnic cleansing, temple destruction, socio-political ostracization, disenfranchisement, discrimination and forced conversions. As with previous reports, it has been instrumental in advancing knowledge and activism with other interfaith and human rights organizations, as well as elected officials and government agencies.
Press Release: Human Rights Group Censures 11 Countries for Abuses Against Hindus
Press Release: Endorsements of HAF's Third Annual Human Rights Report
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Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights, 2005
HAF’s second annual report on human rights abuses against Hindus in 2005 covers Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Fiji, Pakistan and the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The 105 page report individually documents over 500 incidents of murder, arson, rape, desecration of temples, usurpation of property and other forms of violence against Hindus in Bangladesh. According to the report, Pakistan witnessed a spate of Hindu temple destructions, kidnappings and forced conversions of Hindu girls. Outside of South Asia, the report notes that despite comprising 38% of the island nation’s population, Hindus and their religious institutions are routinely attacked in Fiji. The report highlights the persecution of Afghanistan's Hindu minority and the involuntary deportation of the exiled Hindu refugees from foreign nations. The report also addresses the continued ethnic cleansing of Hindus in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir as a result of Islamic militancy.
Released June 27, 2006 - Download a PDF version here, Purchase a bound copy here or View the online version here
Press Release: Hindu Human Rights Gets Attention of Lawmakers
Press Release: Second Annual Report on Hindu Human Rights Released on Capitol Hill
Press Release: Endorsements of HAF's Second Annual Human Rights Report
Executive Summary: in PDF format, or Online
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Hindus in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Kashmir: A Survey of Human Rights, 2004
A 71 page report that compiles media coverage and first-hand accounts of human rights violations perpetrated against Hindus because of their religious identity in Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The report specifically denounces Bangladesh for a long-history of anti-Hindu atrocities that have recently spiked following the ascent of the Bangladeshi National Party-Jamat-e-Islami coalition. The report also dicusses the consequence of Pakistan and Al-Qaeda sponsored Islamist violence in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir that has left tens of thousands of Hindus and Muslims dead, and 350,000 Hindu victims of religious cleansing. Similarly, the Pakistan government is condemned for systematic state-sponsored religious discrimination against Hindus through elaborate “anti-blasphemy” laws, and for failing to investigate numerous reports of millions of Hindus being held as “bonded laborers” in slavery-like conditions.
Released July 13, 2005 - Download a PDF version here
Presentation - Executive Summary Slides
Press Release: HAF Releases First-Ever Annual Survey of Hindu Human Rights