| 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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17 Apr 2007
Settler attack leaves 9 Jummas injured in Manikchari |
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12 Apr 2007
Settler attempt to rape a Jumma woman |
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9 Apr 2007
List being made to oust grabbers of forestland in Rangamati |
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4 Apr 2007
Most 4-party leaders in Rangamati on the run |
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21 Mar 2007
Action against 2 OCs, SI for taking bribe |
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13 Mar 2007
Amropali creates new hope for CHT farmers |
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29 Feb 2007
Japanese envoy opens two community centres in CHT |
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28 Feb 2007
Kokborok, Chakma and Marma alphabet charts launched in Khagrachhari |
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10 Jan 2007
Military search Buddhist temple in Lakshmichari |
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8 Jan 2007
Settler attack in Ramgarh leaves 6 persons injured |
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7 Jan 2007
UPDF enforces blockade in 3 hill dists today |
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6 Jan 2007
Record number of tourists flock to Rangamati |
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4 Jan 2007
Big fire in Khulna, Khagrachhari |
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3 Jan 2007
Military harassment continues in Naniachar |
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2 Jan 2007
Attempted rape in Naniachar |
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2 Jan 2007
Army torture 4 including 2 Jumma Ansars |
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30 Dec 2006
Killing of Somo Odhikar leader protested |
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29 Dec 2006
Army order to demolish houses in Naniachar |
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28 Dec 2006
UPDF criticizes ban on Jumma Sambad Bulletin |
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27 Dec 2006
5 AL men vie for ticket in Khagrachhari |
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25 Dec 2006
UPDF supporter arrested in Mahalchari |
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23 Dec 2006
Army conducts raids and searches in Naniachar |
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22 Dec 2006
Rape of 2 Indigenous Girls in Khagrachhari |
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21 Dec 2006
Shantu Larma meets Jalil over issue of indigenous candidates |
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20 Dec 2006
Let all be true to truce in Khagrachhari |
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19 Dec 2006
Army captain killed in CHT ambush |
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16 Dec 2006
UPDF to field candidates in 3 CHT constituencies |
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13 Dec 2006
AL demands removal of 3 HDC chairmen, members |
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12 Dec 2006
Create honest leadership with honest politicians: Oli |
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3 Dec 2006
Hills people to start war again if accord not implemented |
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28 Nov 2006
PCJSS council reaffirms 7-pt demand |
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27 Nov 2006
UPDF demands equal rights |
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25 Nov 2006
PCJSS council begins |
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17 Nov 2006
CG to hand over 8 depts to CHT council |
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11 Nov 2006
'Implement CHT peace accord for peace in hills' |
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Bengali settlement resumes in Khagrachari (HWHRF Review: Issue-03, August 12, 2007)
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Different sources said taking advantage of the state of emergency now
in force in the country, the civil and military establishment in
Chittagong Hill Tracts have resumed the programme of Bengali
settlement in different parts of Khagrachari district.
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Unearthing the mystery of Sumon kidnapping in Bandarban (HWHRF Review: Issue-02, 3 August 2007 )
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On 25 June Danish foreign development agency Danida's Programme Officer Mr. Shahid Suman and his car driver Mr. Abu Hanif were kidnapped by a group of armed men from Khiburipara village under Thanchi Upazilla in Bandarban district of Chittagong Hill Tracts. The armed men introduced themselves as members of the People's Party of Arakan, an armed militant group based in Myanmar. The kidnappers released Abu Hanif four days after abduction, while the Joint Forces "rescued" Suman 13 days later on 8 July. On 21 July at a press conference in Chittagong Mr. Suman claimed that he was kidnapped by "Pahari People's Army", a hitherto unheard group in CHT. Thankful to the Army, he further said, "when I got involved with politics during my student life, I was vocal for the withdrawal of the army from CHT. Now it seems to me that I was quite wrong.
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Press Release by Jumma Peoples Network UK on the Seminar on the Chittagong Hill Tracts at the House of Lords.
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Press Release by Jumma Peoples Network UK on the Seminar on the Chittagong Hill Tracts at the House of Lords.
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SAARC HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2006 |
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Bangladesh has been ranked No. 1 violator because of the systematic attacks on the opposition and maximum number of peace time extrajudicial killings by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and other security forces with impunity. The RAB and other security forces were responsible for killings of 340 persons in alleged “crossfire”, an euphemistic term for extrajudicial executions.
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Chakmas' existence in Mizoram threatened by Indo-Bangladesh Border Fencing |
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The tribals in India have been the disproportionate victims of the projects undertaken by the State or the private companies in the name of development or national interest. Millions of them have been displaced across India and then left to lurch. Thousands of impoverished indigenous peoples, mainly the Chakmas living along the international border in Western and South-Western side of Mizroam state are the new additions.
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The elections in Bangladesh: security, human rights & a level playing field - Statement made by Kumar Sivasish Roy in King’s College, University of London
15 July 2006 |
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Good afternoon. It is an honour to be here amongst you all, and I’d like to thank the International Bangladesh Foundation, Liberation, Jeremy Corbyn MP & Lord Avebury for organizing this seminar to highlight the deteriorating political situation in Bangladesh in the eve of general parliamentary elections to be held early next year.
Just a few months ago at the House of Lords, I spoke of some of the issues concerning the CHT, the homeland of eleven indigenous peoples.
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Violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
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A seminar on the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) organised by the Jumma Peoples Network UK was held on Tuesday, 28 March 2006 at the House of Lords, London. Lord Avebury, vice-chair of the Parliamentary Human Rights Group and chairman, International Bangladesh Foundation chaired the meeting to discuss and explore mechanisms for the implementation of the Peace Accord and issues relevant to the human and minority rights in the CHT. ...more... |
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A New Hub for Terrorism? Special article published on 02 August 2006 in The Washington Post. |
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AWhile the United States dithers, a growing Islamic fundamentalist movement linked to al-Qaeda and Pakistani intelligence agencies is steadily converting the strategically located nation of Bangladesh into a new regional hub for terrorist operations that reach into India and Southeast Asia. With 147 million people, largely Muslim Bangladesh has substantial Hindu and Christian minorities and is nominally a secular democracy. But the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) struck a Faustian bargain with the fundamentalist party Jamaat-e-Islami five years ago in order to win power. ...more... |
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A seminar on the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) organised by the Jumma Peoples Network UK
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A seminar on the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) organised by the Jumma Peoples Network UK was held on Tuesday, 28 March 2006 at the House of Lords, London. Lord Avebury, vice-chair of the Parliamentary Human Rights Group and chairman, International Bangladesh Foundation chaired the meeting to discuss and explore mechanisms for the implementation of the Peace Accord and issues relevant to the human and minority rights in the CHT. ...more... |
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DGFI, Islamic parties against BB guidelines for Islamic banking Star Report 3rd July 2006 |
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In an unprecedented move, the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) and some Islamic political parties are preventing the Bangladesh Bank (BB) from circulating its recently finalised new guidelines for Islamic banks.
Going out of its jurisdiction, DGFI in a report to the finance ministry recommended that the central bank forms the guidelines in line with the wishes of a focus group comprising 'Islamic economists, bankers and Shariah Council experts'.
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