Richard BenkinAmerican Jewish activist Richard Benkin freed him in 2005 and later from Bang- ladesh's RAB. He now is trying to stop Islamist ethnic cleansing of Bangladeshi Hindus while the "human rights" industry remains silent.
Can We Call it "Awakening" if we Ignore our Brothers' Suffering?
Since 1947, 49 million Hindus in Bangladesh have gone missing, according the State University of New York’s Sachi Dastidar. Hindus were almost a third of East Pakistan’s population then but had been reduced to under a fifth by the time East Pakistan became Bangladesh in 1971. Thirty years later, they were less than one in ten, and by reliable estimates, they are less than eight percent today. In all that time, what have we heard from those entities that should have defended them: the UN, Amnesty International, and the rest? Nothing. It seems that their incessant prattle about human rights does not apply to Hindus. Read the Address andmy blog.
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Jihad has come to India. The Obama administration and the State Department will tell you that it is nothing more than isolated acts by individuals. The government in New Delhi will say you are stirring up anti-Muslim sentiment....But it is real, and it is happening now. I have seen it first-hand.......Read on.
Web Sites Debunk Anti-Israel Falsehoods
Two sites have been launched to counter anti-Israel biases.....Go to one site. And go to the other.
US Human Rights Activist Fights for Bangladeshi Hindus
Chicago (USA): American Jewish activist, Dr. Richard L. Benkin, returned to the United States after an extensive mission to India on behalf of Hindu refugees from Bangladesh. After stops in Delhi and Lucknow, Benkin trekked throughout West Bengal, and near porous borders with Bangladesh, Nepal, and China....Read on.
Repeal Bangladesh's Racist Vested Property Act Now!
Bangladesh’s Vested Property Act (VPA) is a racist law. It provides the government—which really means the corrupt politicians in the ruling party—with the power to seize the homes and farms of innocent citizens and distribute them as graft to their cronies....Read on.
Arvind Ghosh Memorial Lecture - Dr. Richard Benkin
On November 1, 2008, Richard Benkin gave the Arvind Ghosh Memorial Lecture in Chicago. He spoke about an India-Israel-United States Alliance against radical Islam, the ethnic cleansing of Bangladeshi Hindus, and action we can take. He received a standing ovation when finished. Read on.
My Articles on the Red-Green Alliance are now in Hindi.
A unique web site in Hindi, Lokmanch, has begun translating and publishing my articles on the deadly alliance between Communists and Islamists. It is critical that as many people as possible become aware of this terrible threat and what it is doing to the people of South Asia. Click here.
Anti-Hindu Pogrom in Bangladesh
In Spring 2009, a small Hindu community in Dhaka was attacked by its Muslim neighbors. The Bangladeshi police not only failed to act, but some actually took part in the violence. Yet, the media outside of Bangladesh was silent except for India's Daily Pioneer. Are my sources really that much better than CNN's? Read on.
Richard Benkin