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PRESS STATEMENT:SAJEK'S BURNT VILLAGES:CITIZEN'S TEAM CALLS FOR INQUIRY AND URGENT RELIEF
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PRESS STATEMENT:SAJEK'S BURNT VILLAGES:CITIZEN'S TEAM CALLS FOR INQUIRY AND URGENT RELIEF

A group of citizens conducted an on-site inquiry on 28th and 29th April 2008 in Sajek Union, Rangamati District, following press reports of about 150 houses being burnt down across seven villages in the area. On arrival in the area, we saw that in eight villages within the reserved forest area in Sajek Union -- Nursery Para, Daney Bhaibachora, Bamey Bhaibachora, Purbopara, Balughatpara, Retkaba, MSF Para and Gongaram Mukh

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Lord Eric Avebury sends protest letter to Raja Devasish Roy through H E Mr Iftekhar Chowdhury to protest against ethnic cleansing in Sajek by settlers and religious persecution in Bangladesh

I appreciate that you have handed over responsibility for the CHT to Raja Devasish Roy, but since I haven’t an email address for him I’d be very grateful of you could forward this to him

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Indigenous Jumma People's Network USA (IJPN) & Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, USA (BHBCUC) jointly hold a 'RALLY' in front of UN at 1PM-3PM on Friday, 25th April 2008
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Indigenous Jumma People's Network USA (IJPN) & Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, USA (BHBCUC) jointly hold a 'RALLY' in front of UN at 1PM-3PM on Friday, 25th April 2008. Buddha Rattan Bhikkhu, president, IJPN, USA & as many as 15 other monks were present at the rally and talked about CHT & minority problems. Three presidents & secretary respectively of BHBCUC, USA Ratan Barua, Nabendu Dutta, Thomas D. Roy and Sushil Saha were present. One monk from Tibbet joined the gathering. Three other monks from Burma respectively Ven Kheminda; U Suriya & Ashin Indaka joined & supported our demands.

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Life Is Not Ours: Attacks on indigenous Jumma peoples of Bangladesh and the need for international action

On 20th April 2008 as the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues gathered in New York to hold its seventh session, hundreds of illegal plain settlers attacked seven indigenous Jumma villages in the Chittagtong Hill Tracts (CHTs) of Bangladesh. These villages - Nursery Para, Baibachara, Purba Para, Nangal Mura, Retkaba, Simana para and Gangaram Mukh of Sajek union under Baghaichari upazila (sub-district) in Rangamati district were attacked for 4 hours from 9.30 pm to 1.30 am on 20 April 2008.

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Australian Jummas sent letter to Honourable Adviser to the Care Taker Government, Bangladesh

We commend the government’s initiative to partly enforce the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation Amendment Act of 2003 through the activation of criminal courts in the Chittagong Hill Tracts by early March 2008 (The Daily Star, 27 February 2008).

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Roundtable Discussion on "Land Disputes in the CHT: Ways to Settling the Issue" held in Dhaka

A roundtable discussion titled "Land Disputes in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT): Ways to Settling the Issue" was organized by the eminent citizens on 31 March 2008 at WVA Auditorium in Dhaka. Former Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University Zillur Rahman Siddiqui presided over the discussion while Prof Ajoy Roy of Dhaka University presented the keynote paper in the discussion. The discussion was attended by Dr. AMM Shawkat Ali, Adviser to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh on Food and Disaster Management as Chief Guest and Chakma Circle Chief Barrister Raja Devasish Roy, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser of the Caretaker Government in charge of the Ministry of CHT Affairs and the Ministry of Environment and Forest as Special Guest.

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ASK 2007 Adivasi Report (CHT+Flatlands)

On March 25th, Ain Salish Kendra (ASK) released the 2007 Annual Human Rights Report. In the Chapter on CHT Paharis and Flatland Adivasis, following 7 topics were covered. On March 27th, the CTG announced a removal of the ban on mobile phones (item # 4).

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Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) is an international human rights organisation with the aim to specifically address those areas and populations of the world where severe and extensive human rights violations of certain ethnic, religious, and linguistic minorities have taken place for long periods, and where structural help and global attention of the international media have proven to be absent or insufficient.

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Bangladeshi-CHT-American Buddhists Association sends letter to US Deptt of State on CHT famine

Bangladesh-CHT American Buddhists Association sends letter to US Deptt of State on CHT famine

Dear Madam, With dueh umbles ubmissionw, e would like to put forwarda few wordst o drawy our kind attentiono n a faminel ike situationa mong indigenousp opulationsli ving in remotea reaso f Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) region of Bangladesh whoa res tarvingto deathT. heyn eedf oods upplyd esperatetloy survivef romt hiss ituationim mediately

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Opinion-exchange meeting held by Chief Advisor in Rangamati

On 27 March 2008 an opinion-exchange meeting was held by Chief Advisor of Caretaker Government Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed with the government officials and people of different professional groups of the region at Rangamati Tribal Cultural Institute auditorium in Rangamati.

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Human Rights Report 2007 (GHRD)

Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) is an international human rights organisation with the aim to specifically address those areas and populations of the world where severe and extensive human rights violations of certain ethnic, religious, and linguistic minorities have taken place for long periods, and where structural help and global attention of the international media have proven to be absent or insufficient.

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Jumma king’s government appointment gives tribes fresh hope

The newly appointed three special assistants with the status of state minister were given the portfolios with Chief of Chakma Tribe Barrister Raja Debashish Roy getting the charges of the Ministries of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs and Environment and Forest.

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Press conference held against land acquisition in Bandarban (Jan 2008)

Leaders of the Committee for Protection of Land in Bandarban have called upon the government to cancel the ongoing process of acquiring 9,560 acres of land for the purpose of expansion of Ruma Garrison in Bandarban.
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The Army attacks Buddhism to facilitate illegal settlement in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (Jan 2008)

On 25 January 2008, indigenous Jumma peoples are scheduled to hold a large religious gathering at Sarnath Arannyo Kuthir, a Buddhist temple at Karallyachari in Khagrachari Hill district of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs). The Bangladeshi authorities have banned the meeting. It is unclear if the meeting will go ahead. As we upload this Weekly Review, the Deputy Commissioner of Khagrachari district is holding a meeting with the local Jumma elders of Karallyachari to decide the fate of the religious gathering while the Bangladesh army personnel have been seizing the bikes and other vehicles. But if the meeting takes place it is likely that the government will use violence to suppress it.
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A Report by HWHRF on Illegal Land Grabbing in Maischari and Other Three Unions Under Khagrachari District

A two-member fact finding team of the Hill Watch Human Rights Forum, a Dhaka-based Human Rights organisation, in collaboration with the Committee for Protection of Land in Mahalchari, conducted an investigation into the problem of recent land grabbing in four Unions (Maischari, Kiang-ghat, Kamalchari and Khagrachari Sadar No.1) under Khagrachari district. The team members (we have deliberately chosen not to mention their identity for fear of reprisals) spent 10 days from 19 to 28 November 2007 in the area interviewing the victims as well as common villagers and visiting the lands grabbed by the settlers. The team members also have had the rare opportunity of being witnesses to a land grabbing attempt by illegal settlers in one of the villages in Maischari.
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Survival International submits letter to Bangladesh government on CHT Peace Accord of 1997

This Sunday will mark the tenth anniversary of the peace accord between the Bangladesh government and the Jumma tribal peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts – but the government has failed to implement almost every aspect of it.

Violence, land grabbing and intimidation have escalated in the Hill Tracts since the declaration of emergency rule in Bangladesh in January.

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Peaceful Demonstration in front of the High Commission of Bangladesh, London on 25th October 2007.

A peaceful demonstration was carried out by Jumma Peoples Network in front of the Bangladesh High Commission in London on October 25th 2007, from 10 to 11 am. The event was to highlight the deteriorating situation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts & in particular rampant land-grabbing by settlers and military & false arrests of indigenous activists across the region.

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Election Commission draws up CHT Voter List: (OCT 2007)

The present caretaker government in Bangladesh took power on 11 January 2007, and soon after, initiated reforms within the Election Commission by appointing new Election Commissioners. More recently, it brought into effect the Electoral Rolls Ordinance, 2007 (Ordinance 18 of 2007). This ordinance enables the Election Commission to register voters for different electoral bodies, to register them with the assistance of computerised databases which will also have their photographs. By `electoral bodies' the Comission means the national Parliament, and local government bodies that are elected, such as Union Parishad, Upazilla Parishad, Zilla Parishad, and Municipal or City Corporation.
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Bangladeshi Jumma Buddhist monks demonstrated in Colombo against the human rights violations and land grabbing WWW.Sinhala.Net (SEP 2007)

[COLOMBO, SinhalaNet 2007.09.13 03:31AM] Bangladeshi Jumma Buddhist monks demonstrated outside the Bangladesh High Commission in Colombo yesterday (September 12th) and condemned what the monks say are human rights violations and land grabbing committed against themselves and other communities in Bangladesh. The Jummas are indigenous people who live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

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SRI LANKA: Bangladesh Hight Commision refuses to accept a memorandum submitted by Bangladeshi Buddhists Monks (SEP 2007)

SRI LANKA: Bangladesh Hight Commision refuses to accept a memorandum submitted by Bangladeshi Buddhists Monks
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AUSTRALIA: Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs sends letter to Acting High Commissioner for Bangladesh (SEP 2007)

I and a number of other MPs on both sides of the Australian Parliament have had prior contact with advocates for the Jumma / Chittagong Hill Tract People. It was also valuable to attend an exhibition of artefacts and photographs in the electorate of my colleague Bruce Baird and meet a visiting dignitary, some years ago. In the interim I have had correspondence with Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer concerning the Australian Scholarships designed for the indigenous population and other matters.
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UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples on 12 September at its 61st session.(from Kapaeeng Watch)

Background of the DRIP: The United Nations recognised the deep and centuries-long discrimination that indigenous peoples and communities numbering about 400 million residing in more than 70 countries suffer from, particularly during the European colonial era and after, which saw many genocidal aggressions against them. In 1923, Haudenosaunee Chief Deskaheh traveled to Geneva to speak to the League of Nations and defend the right of his people to live under their own laws, on the own land and under their own faith. Even though he was not allowed to speak and returned home in 1924, his vision nourished the generations that followed.
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9 May 2008
Army detains suspected UPDF member, releases later

9 May 2008
Army arrests a JSS member

9 May 2008
UPDF activist arrested from wedding ceremony

8 May 2008
Bengali settlers gain profits by receiving Tk. 10,000 compensation of army chief

8 May 2008
Army arrests two in Jurachari for helping UPDF

8 May 2008
3 Jummas arrested in Jurachari

7 May 2008
Two UPDF supporters arrested in Lemuchari

7 May 2008
Four Jummas tortured in Choleshchari

5 May 2008
Baghaichhari arson pre-planned
Citizens' group says

2 May 2008
Tension brewing in Dighinala over land grabbing, international pressure needed

2 May 2008
Sajek investigative team demands judicial probe

1 May 2008
Sajek news update: army arrests 4 Jummas on charge of setting fire to settler house

30 Apr 2008
Sajek news update: investigative team returns

28 Apr 2008
Hills people allege arson attack

27 Apr 2008
List of indigenous Jumma villagers whose houses were burnt down at Sajek area in CHT

27 Apr 2008
7 Indigenous Jumma villages burnt down by Bengali settlers in Sajek in CHT: Updated Report

27 Apr 2008
Sajek settler attack: victims holds press conference in Dhaka

25 Apr 2008
Attack On Hilly Village Punishment to culprits demanded: RU Correspondent

25 Apr 2008
Probe into attack on hilly villages demanded:DU Correspondent

24 Apr 2008
SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE on SAJEK ATTACK

24 Apr 2008
Jumma students of Chittagong University today forged human chain at the University Rail Gate to protest against the setter attack on Jumma villages in Sajek.

23 Apr 2008
BISAC holds demonstration against arson attack on indigenous villages by Bengali settlers in CHT

22 Apr 2008
CHT Land Commission to be active before CG term ends: aide

21 Apr 2008
60 JUMMA HOUSES BURNT DOWN IN SAJEK

21 Apr 2008
Sajek settler attack: PCP holds protest rally on DU campus

21 Apr 2008
UPDF president condemns Sajek settler attack

20 Apr 2008
Tension in Sajek over land grabbing

12 Apr 2008
Land aggressors repelled in Merung

12 Apr 2008
Boisabi festival begins today amid Boisabi-Bizu controversy

12 Apr 2008
Land aggressors repelled in Merung

10 Apr 2008
Furomoan army camp burnt down in Rangamti

7 Apr 2008
A UPDF member, another Jumma arrested in Kudukchari

2 Apr 2008
India:Chakmas can be evicted: HC

Upatissa Chakma for UN forum on Iddigenous Pleoples (clip)

Mar 2008
Indigenous girl raped by Bengali teachers in Rangamati, CHT

2 Apr 2008
Land Commission for CHT needs reform

2 Apr 2008
PCP holds rally on DU campus

2 Apr 2008
UPDF member arrested in Jurachari

1 Apr 2008
Govt to reconstitute CHT Land Commission soon

1 Apr 2008
Army prevents house construction in Maiscahri

27 Mar 2008
Chief adviser visits CHT amid stalled peace process

25 Mar 2008
CA to visit CHT March 27-28

24 Mar 2008
CHT affairs secy Shahidul passes away

24 Mar 2008
BDR searches house of a UPDF member in Logang

23 Mar 2008
1,000 MT food allotted for Rangamati Devasish says

20 Mar 2008
Five PCP activists walk out of ctg jail

19 Mar 2008
Spectre of famine haunts Sajek: 2 die

19 Mar 2008
Spectre of famine haunts Sajek: 2 die

19 Mar 2008
UPDF submits memo to TNO over land grabbing

19 Mar 2008
Land grabbing continues unabated

18 Mar 2008
Formalities bar schooling in CHT Devasish Roy says Our Correspondent,Rangamati

17 Mar 2008
Phitri Bhumi Page 1 (Bengali)
Phitri Bhumi Page 2 (Bengali)
Phitri Bhumi Page 3 (Bengali)
Phitri Bhumi Page 4 (Bengali)

17 Mar 2008
Army foils religious programme in Latiban

11 Mar 2008
Khagrachhari BNP leader sent to jail, Our Correspondent, Khagrachhari

10 Mar 2008
5 envoys visit Bandarban, Our Correspondent, Bandarban

10 Mar 2008
'Use mother tongue for schooling indigenous children' Our Correspondent, Khagrachhari

8 Mar 2008
Army collects information about Buddhist temples in CHT

8 Mar 2008
Army officers visit Sarnath Arannyo Kuthir

8 Mar 2008
Villagers tortured in Karallyachari

3 Mar 2008
Phitri Bhumi Page 1 (Bengali)
Phitri Bhumi Page 2 (Bengali)
Phitri Bhumi Page 3 (Bengali)
Phitri Bhumi Page 4 (Bengali)

3 Mar 2008
Barkal TNO orders settlers to grab Jumma's land

3 Mar 2008
Army announcement in Sajek

3 Mar 2008
Another villager tortured in Sajek

3 Mar 2008
Innocent villager arrested in Sajek

3 Mar 2008
BDR raids a Jumma house in Sajek

3 Mar 2008
UPDF member arrested in Sajek

2 Mar 2008
20 acre lands of tribesmen grabbed in Khagrachhari Haque's two sons are leaders of Jubo Dal and Chhatra Dal

2 Mar 2008
Arrested Jummas handed over to police

2 Mar 2008
Arrested Jummas handed over to police

2 Mar 2008
Army prevents villager from cutting trees

1 Mar 2008
News in Bengali

29 Feb 2008
Attempted rape in Dighinala, Army intervenes

28 Feb 2008
Three innocent villagers arrested in Dadkuppya

28 Feb 2008
Army prevents uplift of yet another Kuthir in Maischari

26 Feb 2008
CHT people's access to justice system A long overdue step taken

26 Feb 2008
Criminal courts start in CHT in 10 days Seminar on CHT held in Dhaka

25 Feb 2008
Criminal courts start in CHT in 10 days Move to make justice easier for hill people

24 Feb 2008
Drilling at Semutang gas field soon

24 Feb 2008
Villagers tortured in Baghaichari

23 Feb 2008
'New ordinance likely to make police accountable'

22 Feb 2008
No Books In Mother Tongue -Ethnic kids drop out of schools

22 Feb 2008
3 indigenous alphabet books launched in Khagrachhari

21 Feb 2008
Innocent villager detained, released later

21 Feb 2008
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