Filed on:August 7, 2011
Betar Bangla, UK based Bangla radio is going to broadcast live discussion on current CHT’s crisis and indigenous peoples issues of Bangladesh.
This live discussion will be aired tomorrow 8th of August 2011 at 3 O’clok GMT, 3pm London time, 8pm Bangladesh time. Locally (within London) can be listened at 1503 medium wave within 10 kilometers.
Jumma Peoples Network [...]
Filed on:May 11, 2011
A peaceful demonstration was held this morning, 10th May 2011 in front of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London to protest against the recent attacks (17th April ) on indigenous villages in Ramgarh in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh.
During the attacks scores of houses of the indigenous Jumma people were burnt down, [...]
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Renewed violence in the CHT and the need for implementation of the CHT Accord. CHT commission letter to Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
Filed on:May 10, 2011
Jummas boycott meeting called by army in Ruma in CHT, Bangladesh
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THE settlers made another unsuccessful attempt to grab land in Ramgarh under Khagrachari district yesterday.
Filed on:May 7, 2011
Please click the link to sign in the Petition to save indigenous Jumma people of Chittagong hill tracts, Bangladesh.
Filed on:April 19, 2011
PCJSS (Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti)
On 17 April 2011 Bengali settlers with the direct support of local administration committed massive communal arson attack on five indigenous Jumma villages of Hafchari union of Ramgarh upazila and two villages in Manikchari upazila under Khagrachari district of Chittagong Hill Tracts. In this attack around 100 houses belonging to indigenous Jumma villagers including two Buddhist temples were completely burnt to ashes. At least 20 Jummas including three women were injured while 4 Bengali settlers died. Many Jummas remain still missing. The Jummas have fled in to the jungle in the face of the settler attack. Till 19 April 2011, no relief has been provided to the victims who have been living under open sky in the jungle.
Filed on:April 18, 2011
ONE day after the arson attack in Ramgarh, the government has yet to
provide any relief to the victims who have been living under open sky
in the jungle.
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“It is because of their biased policies that such unpleasant incidents
centering on land grabbing continue to happen in the Chittagong Hill
Tracts. Therefore, an impartial inquiry cannot be expected from them.”
he added.
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A group of settlers caught Polen Chakma, 23, an employee of IDF, an
NGO, and his friend Joyonta Chakma in Guimara bazaar and began
beating.
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chtnews.com
News No. 77/2011, April 17, 2011
THE settlers held a procession in the evening in Manikchari with the
bodies of three settlers who were killed when the Jummas resisted
their land grab attempt earlier in the day.
At one stage, at 7:25pm, the angry settlers set fire to 8 houses
belonging to Jumma people at Mahamuni Tila.
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: Arson attack in Ramgarh
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chtnews.com
News No. 75/2011, April 17, 2011
THE settlers have burnt down at least 30 Jumma houses in Uttor
Shonkhola Adam and Reyo Morong Para under Hafchari Union of Ramgarh
Upazila in an attempt to capture 50 acres of land belonging to Marma
community, reports say.
Sources said a group of about 30 settlers from Baro Pilak in Jaliapara
went to Shonkhola [...]
Filed on:February 22, 2011
Longudu arson victims now in a state of siege
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Massive communal attack on Jumma villages by Bengali settlers with the support of security forces in Longadu
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Army search and ransack Buddhist temple in Kaokhali
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Jumma girl raped in Chittagong
Filed on:December 6, 2010
chtnews.com
News No. 177/2010, December 06, 2010
THE Jumma people in Mahalchari put up road blocks for a few hours on
Khagrachari – Rangamati road in the morning today in protest at land
grab attempts by Bengali settlers in Lemuchari.
Hundreds of Jumma villagers gathered at Lemuchari, Bodanala, Noapara
and Chobbish Mile and stopped vehicles plying on the road.
The road block [...]