Zero tolerance: Bangladesh
By DW
11 February 2022 |
4:39 pm
In Bangladesh headlines are dominated by violence: Secular bloggers murdered by extremists, opponents of the government disappear, the Hindu minority is under attack. Why is Bangladesh finding it harder and harder to reconcile democracy and religion?
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