| Even after signing the Peace Accord in 1997 - Human Rights Violations in the CHT (1998-2005)  Yearly accounts of human rights violations by security forces and state sponsored settlers against the indigenous people of the CHT |
| LIFE IS NOT OURS  Organising Committee CHT Campaign's Report (An independent commission from Europe) on CHT |
| Survival International's reports on CHT - Massacres in the CHT  Survival International's reports,images, videoes and audioes on CHT |
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29 Jun 2008 Army commander orders Jummas to transact in a new bazaar |
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28 Jun 2008 Two UPDF members, 3 villagers arrested in Kudukchari |
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27 Jun 2008 Fresh tensions in Sajek as settlers build houses on Jumma's land |
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25 Jun 2008 HWHRF Report on Land grabbing in illegal CHT (HTML) HWHRF Report on Land grabbing in illegal CHT (MS Word) |
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25 Jun 2008 Alakesh Chakma and others released |
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25 Jun 2008 Raid, torture and search in Belaichari |
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25 Jun 2008 Attempted rape of a minor Jumma girl in Baghaichari |
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23 Jun 2008 Kapaeeng Watch News Release on CHT Situation: 23 June 2008 |
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21 Jun 2008 UPDF members arrested from Chittagong |
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20 Jun 2008 Hilly Multi-purpose Cooperative Society sends relief to Sajek victims |
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19 Jun 2008 Outbreak of diarrhea in Thanchi, 100 affected |
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19 Jun 2008 Fresh land grabbing in Longudu |
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18 Jun 2008 Update on Sajek: situation yet to come to normal (Second Part) |
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17 Jun 2008 Update on Sajek: situation yet to come to normal (First part) |
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17 Jun 2008 PCJSS member Anunay Chakma Manas again shown arrested at Khagrachari jail |
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16 Jun 2008 Sajek update: army arrests four Jummas |
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16 Jun 2008 Lt. Tanvir conducts house searches, tortures one in Belaichari |
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15 Jun 2008 Hill Literature Forum distributes relief to rodent-hit areas in Bandarban |
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14 Jun 2008 Nine Jummas tortured in Belaichari |
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14 Jun 2008 3 UPDF members arrested in Longudu |
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12 Jun 2008 HWF marks 12th anniversary of disappearance of Kalpana Chakma |
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12 Jun 2008 JPNK holds Kalpana Chakma press conference in Seoul |
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8 Jun 2008 Ex-UPDF member arrested in Ghagra |
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7 Jun 2008 Forest Department accused of land grabbing in Bandarban |
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6 Jun 2008 Rev. Dr. Jinbodhi Bhikkhu slams Sajek settler attack |
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5 Jun 2008 Army conducts searches in Naniachar |
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1 Jun 2008 Sajek arson attack: arrested three youths released on bail |
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29 May 2008 IWGIA Launches CHT section in their website |
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15 May 2008 Pitri Bhumi Page 1 (Bengali) Pitri Bhumi Page 2 (Bengali) Pitri Bhumi Page 3 (Bengali) Pitri Bhumi Page 4 (Bengali) Pitri Bhumi Page 5 (Bengali) Pitri Bhumi Page 6 (Bengali) Pitri Bhumi Page 7 (Bengali) Pitri Bhumi Page 8 (Bengali) |
Manjurul Ahsan Khan, President of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) attends meeting hosted by Liberation |
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Manjurul Ahsan Khan, President of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) attended a meeting at Portcullis House, House of
Commons on Tuesday 6th May hosted by UK based anti imperialist organisation Liberation.
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PRESS STATEMENT:SAJEK'S BURNT VILLAGES:CITIZEN'S TEAM CALLS FOR INQUIRY AND URGENT RELIEF |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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