Filed on:February 23, 2010
CHT Commission Letter to Sheikh Hasina – Download Original letter in PDF
CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS COMMISSION
Co-Chairpersons: Sultana Kamal, Lord Eric Avebury, Ida Nicolaisen
Members: Shapan Adnan, Lars-Anders Baer, Victoria Tauli Corpuz, Sara
Hossain, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Lee Swepston, Robert Evans, Hideaki Uemura
22 February 2010
To
Honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh
Prime Minister’s Office
Tejgaon, Dhaka
Subject: Urgent [...]
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23 February 2010
Press Release
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Attacks on indigenous Jummas spread to mainland Bangladesh
New Delhi: The attacks on indigenous Jumma peoples in the Chittagong Hill
Tracts has spread to mainland Bangladesh. At 7.00 pm Bangladesh Standard
Time today i.e. 23 February 2010 indigenous Jumma peoples at Oxygen area,
Chittagong were attacked by the plains peoples. While many [...]
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ACHE Press Release – Bangladesh burns more tribal villages 23 February 2010
Filed on:December 15, 2009
December 14, 2009
A belated report said a group of 12 army personnel led by Warrant Officer Selim from Majalong camp on 19 November raided a Buddhist Kuthir or hut at Puriholachug hill in Majalong under Sajek Union of Rangamati district and destroyed the belongings of Ven. Chirosukh Bhante, the Buddhist monk who resides in the [...]
Filed on:December 8, 2009
November 15, 2009
An elderly Jumma villager was detained and tortured in Baghaihat zone under Rangamati district on 13 November, sources said.
A group of army personnel from Baghaihat zone raided the village of Balughat at around 8am and picked up Pathor Moni Chakma (72) son of late Narammya Chakma from his home.
Filed on:October 1, 2009
CHT Society & Religion
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Filed on:August 30, 2009
Under the framework of the Constitution of Bangladesh and keeping full and firm confidence in the sovereignty and integrity of Bangladesh, to uphold the political, social, cultural, educational and economic rights of all the people of Chittagong Hill Tracts region and to expedite socio-economic development process and to preserve and respect the rights of all [...]
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Filed on:May 31, 2009
chtnews.com
News No. 42/2009, May 25, 2009
A demonstration has been held in Khagrachari in protest against the May 21 harassment of a group of Buddhist monks at Bogachari army check post in Naniachar, Rangamati.
Hundreds of people irrespective of religious affiliation took part in a procession braving heavy downpour.
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News No. 44/2009, May 28, 2009
Jumma villagers in Naniachar have alleged that the army is threatening them after they staged a demonstration in protest against harassment of a group of Buddhist monks at Bogachari check post on 21 May.
The army called the prominent Jumma individuals who had taken part in the demonstration to [...]
Filed on:March 31, 2009
chtnews.com
News No. 16/2009, March 20, 2009
Conspiracy to capture 300 acres of land belonging to Sadhana Bana
Vihara in Babuchara is still continuing as the army refuses to allow
house building materials into areas north of Babuchara army check
post. The army suspects that the materials will be used to construct a
Buddhist temple there.
Filed on:October 30, 2008
chtnews.com
News No. 154/2008, October 02, 2008
Army personnel have removed the statues of the Lord Buddha form the Bhujulichuk meditation centre, situated on a remote hilltop in Lakshmichari under Khagrachari district, sources from Lakshmichari said.
A member of Lakshmichari Union Parishad told chtnews.com on condition of anonymity that on 23 September a group of 20 – 22 [...]
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News No. 158/2008/ UPDF urges government to reinstate Buddha statues in Bhujulichuk
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News No. 158/2008, October 17, 2008
THE United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) has urged the government to reinstate the Buddha statues removed from Bhujulichuk Buddhist meditation centre in Lakshmichari of Khagrachari district.
Filed on:June 30, 2008
chtnews.com
News No. 98/2008, June 6, 2008
Rev. Dr. Jinbodhi Bhikkhu, professor of Pali Department, Chittagong University, slammed the settlers for the 20 April communal attack on four Jumma villages in Sajek that left over one hundred houses burned to the ground.
Filed on:May 30, 2008
chtnews.com
News No. 87/2008, May 19, 2008
Ven. Sumanalankar Mahathero has condemned religious persecution of the Buddhists in Chittagong Hill Tracts.
He was speaking at a religious gathering today at Janabal Bouddha Vihara at Mahazhon Para organised on the occasion of Buddha Purnaima.
Filed on:March 31, 2008
chtnews.com
News No. 48/2008, March 08, 2008
After its failure to capture lands of two Buddhist temples in Khagrachari district, the army has adopted measures to harass and humiliate Buddhist monks and their lay followers in Chittagong Hill Tracts.
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News No. 50/2008, March 17, 2008
Bangladesh army personnel reportedly foiled a Buddhist religious
festival in Latiban Union under Panchari Thana of Khagrachari
district.
