[mukto-mona] Fw: A glimpse of atrocities on indigenous minority in Bangladesh [9 Attachments]

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On Saturday, August 16, 2014 1:28 AM, Basu Bose <bbose9177@rogers.com> wrote:

 

Without forgetting the horrifying incidents of the atrocities against Bangladeshi Hindu Minority since October 2001 numbering thousands of rape, land grab,  attacks on temples, torching of properties, and , millions of internal and external displacements for which justice is yet to come, and Indian media have to pay more and western media have to pay some attention, one shouldn't lose sight of what's happening to the Bangladeshi indigenous minority.

 

Starting with the recent press statement by Kapaeeng Foundation,  see below the information that provides a glimpse of atrocities on indigenous minority in Bangladesh      

 

Press Statement of the International CHT Commission calls for independent investigation and justice into alleged torture and death of a Chakma activist in military custody

Dhaka: August 15, 2014. The International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) is alarmed to learn about the alleged torture and death of 52-year-old Duran Babu Chakma (also known as Timir Boron Chakma) while in custody of the armed forces in Matiranga Upazila of Khagrachari District in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) on August 10, 2014. The Commission calls for a fully independent judicial investigation to ensure justice including exemplary punishment to the guilty to prevent further recurrence of such crime.

A number of media outlets have reported that Duran Babu, referred to as an activist of the PCJSS (M.N. Larma) was taken into custody by the army on allegations of extortion, and was later tortured and declared dead after he was brought to Matiranga Health Complex. The reports state that the military cremated his body hurriedly without the presence of his family, and without following religious rituals befitting the indigenous tradition and without even informing the authorities at the cremation grounds, on the pretext that no one came to claim his body.

The military's role in law and order matters which fall within the jurisdiction of the civilian administration are of great concern. The 1997 CHT Accord clearly stipulates that the military dismantle all its temporary installations from the CHT, and that law and order in the CHT fall under the jurisdiction of the Hill District Councils. Whilst the recent visit from Herve Ladsous, the United Nations Under-Secretary General for the Department of Peace Keeping Operations (DPKO), seems to indicate that the UN is interested in recruiting more peacekeepers from Bangladesh, we are concerned that this prospect may be jeopardized by gross violations of human rights by military personnel and the apparent lack of accountability which appears contradictory to the spirit of peacekeeping.

The Cabinet's recent approval of the National Broadcast Policy 2014 imposing restrictions on airing news or programmes about the armed forces and law enforcement agencies is a further blow to the freedom of expression of the press and provides a layer of impunity to the law-enforcement agencies and armed forces, especially those based in the CHT where there growing allegations of human rights violations against the military, Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) and the police.

Bangladesh is a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) and has obligations to prohibit torture and provide effective remedies to victims. In October 2013 the Bangladesh Government Death (Prevention) Act, 2013 in the parliament criminalizing custodial torture and death.

We urge the Government to immediately ensure an effective and independent judicial investigation into this incident of alleged torture and death. Those responsible must be brought to justice and exemplary punishment if proven guilty. We also urge the Government to immediately implement the 1997 CHT Accord in full.

Please find original press release of the International CHT Commission attached herewith.

Kapaeeng Foundation

(A Human Rights Organization for Indigenous Peoples of Bangladesh)

Shalma Garden, House # 23/25, Road # 4, Block # B, PC Culture Housing, Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207, Telephone: +880-2-8190801

Email: kapaeeng.foundation@gmail.com, kapaeeng.watch@gmail.com, Web: www.kapaeeng.org

 

SEE BELOW  A  LIST OF ATROCITIES ON INDIGINEOUS MINORITY IN BANGALADESH

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• An indigenous women activist raped and three indigenous persons including a woman killed in a week in Bangladesh
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• Indigenous peoples' land grabbing by influential land grabbers intensified in first six months of 2014, 74 families evicted, 11 families attacked& 42 injured
• 3
• Laden Group grabs huge lands belonging to indigenous peoples in Lama, 74families evicted & 221 families under threat of eviction
• 4
• Indigenous people attacked by land grabbers with an intention to grab their land in Pabna, 6 injured
• 5
• Buddhist monks protest move to acquire 25 acres of land for establishment of BGB camp in Bandarban
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• Bengali settlers attempt to grab Jum land in Longadu
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• Barbaric Attack on 4 indigenous Santal men of Nababgonj in Dinajpur district
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• Report on Violence against Indigenous Women (January- April 2014)
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• A Garo indigenous girl gang raped in Dhaka
• 10
• Attempt to rape of an indigenous Chakma girl in Rangamati
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• Attempt to rape of an indigenous santal girl in Rajshahi
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• An indigenous Tanchangya woman kidnapped by a group of miscreants in Naikhyongchari
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• A Patro indigenous woman raped in Sylhet by an Army
• 14
• An indigenous Chakma girl with speech-disability raped by two Bengali settlers in Laxmichari
• 15
• Indigenous Chakma Women killed after gang rape in Mahalchari
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• An indigenous Marma child raped in Kaukhali
• 17
• An indigenous Marma girl attempted to kidnap by Bengali settlers in Kaukhali
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• Rakhaine people threaten of eviction from their ancestral land in Kuakata
• 19
• Attempt to rape of an indigenous minor girl in Panchari
• 20
• A teenage indigenous girl gang raped in Manikchari
• 21
• An indigenous Marma girl raped in Matiranga
• 22
• Violence spread over Sabita Chakma's killing in Khagrachari, Protest continues demanding justice for Sabita Chakma
• 23
• Local UP chairman grabs land belonging to indigenous Oraon peoples in Sylhet
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• Attack on indigenous villagers by Bengali land grabbers in Cox's Bazar leaving 7 women injured
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• An indigenous women activist raped and three indigenous persons including a woman killed in a week in Bangladesh
• IPOs and CSOsin Bangladesh undertake programmes for celebration of International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
• Indigenous peoples' land grabbing by influential land grabbers intensified in first six months of 2014, 74 families evicted, 11 families attacked& 42 injured
• 18 hurt in a clash between BGB and indigenous villagers regarding land disputes in Dighinala
• Laden Group grabs huge lands belonging to indigenous peoples in Lama, 74families evicted & 221 families under threat of eviction
• Attack on an indigenous Koch family in Mymensingh, 2 injured
• Indigenous people attacked by land grabbers with an intention to grab their land in Pabna, 6 injured
• BGB inspect Chaltachara mouza to set up a camp on the land belonging to Jumma families in Matiranga
• Buddhist monks protest move to acquire 25 acres of land for establishment of BGB camp in Bandarban
• Building the statue of Lord Buddha hindered in Baghaichari
• Miscreants attack and grab indigenous people's land in Tanore
• Civic rights groups demand exemplary punishment to perpetrators and justice of victims of attack on indigenous Santals in Dinajpur
• Indigenous Khasi villagers attacked by land grabbers in Moulvibazar, 20 injured, Adivasi rights activists protest
• Bengali settlers attempt to grab Jum land in Longadu
• Barbaric Attack on 4 indigenous Santal men of Nababgonj in Dinajpur district
• Report on Violence against Indigenous Women (January- April 2014)
• A Garo indigenous girl gang raped in Dhaka
• Attempt to rape of an indigenous Chakma girl in Rangamati
• Attempt to rape of an indigenous santal girl in Rajshahi
• An indigenous Tanchangya woman kidnapped by a group of miscreants in Naikhyongchari
• A Patro indigenous woman raped in Sylhet by an Army
• An indigenous Chakma girl with speech-disability raped by two Bengali settlers in Laxmichari
• Indigenous Chakma Women killed after gang rape in Mahalchari
• An indigenous Marma child raped in Kaukhali
• An indigenous Marma girl attempted to kidnap by Bengali settlers in Kaukhali
• Upazila Elections 2014: Indigenous candidates win 18 chairman posts, 20 female vice chairman and 17 vice chairman (general) posts
• Rakhaine people threaten of eviction from their ancestral land in Kuakata
• Indigenous woman representatives attend the CSW58 as a part of global indigenous leaders
• Asia Preparatory Meeting on UN Mechanisms and Procedures related to Indigenous Peoples held in Philippines
• Attempt to rape of an indigenous minor girl in Panchari
• A teenage indigenous girl gang raped in Manikchari
• An indigenous Marma girl raped in Matiranga
• Kalpana Chakma abduction case: SP again fails to submit report and Court set new date 7 April for submission
• High Court directs PSC to qualify 280 indigenous candidates who left out in the revised result
• Violence spread over Sabita Chakma's killing in Khagrachari, Protest continues demanding justice for Sabita Chakma
• Local UP chairman grabs land belonging to indigenous Oraon peoples in Sylhet
• Human Chain demanding justice for Sabita Chakma, immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the murderers
• Indigenous Chakma woman allegedly murdered after gang rape in Khagrachari
• Attack on indigenous villagers by Bengali land grabbers in Cox's Bazar leaving 7 women injured
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