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Reconstruction of Blasphemy Provision as an Anti-Incitement Instrument in Bangladeshi Law (1837–2026)

Amnesty Freedom Research Team · September 6, 2026

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Reconstruction of Blasphemy Provision as an Anti-Incitement Instrument in Bangladeshi Law (1837–2026)

This report presents a forensic legal and historical analysis of Section 295A of the Penal Code, 1860; the provision that criminalizes the outraging of religious feelings and of the enforcement pattern that has grown up around it in Bangladesh.

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Amnesty Freedom Research Team
Published
September 6, 2026
Length
48 pages · 1h 35m read

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