2016-08-19 15:56:00

Bangladesh’s prominent Catholic rights activist flees homeland ‎


A prominent Catholic rights activist has had to flee Bangladesh, after months of harassment and death ‎threats from suspected Islamists, leaving her colleagues and other Christian leaders shocked.  Rosaline ‎Costa, a former Maria Bambina nun and the executive director of Hotline Human Rights Bangladesh ‎that she founded, left Bangladesh in July and now lives in New York City with her relatives. The 67-‎year old activist has been a vocal advocate of human rights, justice and tolerance in the country since ‎‎1986.  She has written against corruption, crime, terror and religious violence through Hotline Bangladesh, a ‎monthly newsletter she edited for nearly 30 years.‎

Muslim-majority Bangladesh has seen a surge in Islamic militancy since 2013. Islamic militants have ‎killed dozens of people, including secular bloggers, writers, academics, foreigners and those from ‎religious minorities.  In the worst attack, a group of Islamic militants, armed with assault rifles, bombs ‎and swords, massacred 20 hostages in a Dhaka cafe on July 1.  (Source: UCAN)‎








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