08 April 2010
The Jumma villagers in Kaokhali have been living in fear, as the army has stepped up patrol of the Jumma-inhabited areas since the murder of Jharna Dewan on 29 March by illegal Bengalee settlers.
 
“The members of Bangladesh military have been patrolling Jumma villages such as Talukdarpara, Ullah, Rengeypara, Panchari, Sugunochari and Betchari day [...]

31 March 2010
Jumma villagers staged a demonstration in Kaokhali yesterday in protest at the killing of Jharna Dewan alias Dhurungyo by Bengali settlers.
 
About 500 Jummas took part in the protest, which was organised under the banner of the Residents of Kaokhali. They marched from Talukder Para to Kaokhali College.
 
However, the demonstrators were intercepted by police [...]

11 March 2010
DYF leader Bakul told chtnews.com that Parul Chakma son of Usha Moy Chakma of Tarengyapara village under Mogban Union in Rangamati district was kidnapped by unknown miscreants from Kalurghat Bridge on March 4.

ACHE Press Release – Bangladesh burns more tribal villages 23 February 2010

On 19 January 2010 an adolescent Jumma girl (13 years) was allegedly raped by Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Abdur Rahim from Vedvedi Outpost under Rangamati police station and Manager of Hotel Palace Md. Masud.
It is learnt that the victim of adolescent girl is a student of grade IX of local high school. Couple days before ASI Abdur [...]

To view an investigative report by World Television News into the terrible violence inflicted upon the Jumma of Bangladesh, please click the Survival International’s web link below.
 http://www.survivalinternational.org/films/massacrecht

November 20, 2009
The agitating Ghilachari women have suspended the ongoing road blockade till 25 November after taking annual examinations of the school children and the suffering of the people into consideration, says a statement issued by Ghilachari Committee for Guiding Movement Against Women Repression today.

November 17, 2009: 9:45pm
At least 7 persons including 5 Jumma women were wounded as the army attacked them in a bid to break a peaceful road block set up by Ghilachari Committee for Guiding Movement Against Women Repression today, sources said.
Three of the injured have been admitted to Rangamati Sadar Hospital with serious injuries.
They [...]

News No. 197/2009, November 17, 2009
The women of Ghilachari continued their peaceful agitation yesterday, protesting against the attempted rape on Juboni Chakma.
They held a rally at Ghilachari bazaar under the banner of the Ghilachari Committee for Guiding Movement Against Women Repression. An estimated 1,000 women participated.

November 14, 2009
Army personnel raided and searched three houses in Ghilachari last night in an apparent bid to intimidate the participants of an uprising sparked by an incident of sexual violence involving a member of Bangladesh Army.
According to sources, the soldiers searched the house of Angad Chakma, a member of Bangladesh Navy, whose wife [...]

November 12, 2009
The inquiry committee constituted yesterday to probe the incident of an attempted rape on Juboni Chakma is likely to visit Ghilachari today, sources say.
The five-member committee headed by Additional District Magistrate of Rangamati Nurul Alam Chowdhury is required to submit its findings within three days.

November 11, 2009
Hundreds of soldiers from a number of army camps under Naniachar zone have been deployed to Ghilachari and adjacent areas of Kudukchari and Bogachari in an apparent attempt to distract the attention of the media from the people’s uprising against sexual violence on Jumma women, sources say.
“Army have been scattered all over the [...]

November 10, 2009
The government has apparently gone back on its promise to punish the army man responsible for an attempted rape on a Jumma woman in Ghilachari in Rangamati.
As per a deal reached yesterday, representatives of both the government and the Jumma movement met in Ghilachari bazaar today. An estimated seven hundred Jumma women [...]

November 10, 2009
As the Jumma women in Ghilachari were busy enforcing a road blockade in protest against an attempted rape on a Jumma woman, another Jumma woman became a victim of a similar rape attempt in Panchari under Khagrachari district.
Sources said the rape attempt was made by Md. Sukur Ali, 25, son of Abdul [...]

chtnews.com
News No. 175/2009, November 08, 2009

A Jumma woman has been raped in Ghilachari under Rangamati district, sources say.

Mrs Juboni Chakma (22) was raped by an army soldier at around 3pm today when she was babysitting at her home in the village of Jurachari. His husband Shyamol Chakma was not at home at [...]

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News No. 179/2009, November 09, 2009

The Jumma villagers in Ghilachari successfully ended their road blockade programme today, with the government giving a pledge in writing to punish, within three days, the army man who made an attempt to rape a Jumma woman yesterday.

The villagers, mostly the women, began the blockade of the [...]

chtnews.com
News No. 156/2009, October 15, 2009

A Jumma girl is alleged to have been raped in Ballyachari under Matiranga Upazila in Khagrachari district, according to sources.

The incident occurred at around 1pm today when Ms Sumita Tripura of Arbari village was on her way back home after attending exams at her school.

chtnews.com
News No. 110/2009, September 07, 2009

A group of settlers chopped to death a Jumma woman in Sindukchari under Mahalchari Upazila of Khagrachari district on 3 September.

Sources said a group of 4 – 5 settlers led by Noab Ali of Sindukchari village went to the house of Ms Poney Mala Tripura (age 50) [...]