Chittagong Hill Tracts: Human Rights Situation Worsens
On 1 April 2020, the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti released its latest monthly report on the human rights situation of…
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Tag: Tribal
Chittagong Hill Tracts: Law Enforcement Officers Continue Harassment Following Rape of Marma Sisters by Local Security Forces
On 22 January 2018, at about 2:30 am, an indigenous Marma girl, 19, was raped at her own home at…
20 years of disillusionment: 20th anniversary of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord
On 2 December 2017, the UNPO commemorates the 20th Anniversary of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord. The CHT Accord…
Chittagong Hill Tracts: The Jummas’ Plight Under Military Rule
An interesting article from UNPO about a very important topic. The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) of Bangladesh is virtually…
Northeast Student allegedly attacked in Bengaluru; asked to lick owner’s shoes after being assaulted
A dreadful article by the Maharaja of Tripura’s magazine The Northeast Today. In just after two months where a…
Rohingya: Chased from Myanmar, unwelcome in Bangladesh and anywhere
Ethnic Bengalis of Muslim faith, the Rohingyas live in the western region of Myanmar bordering the mother land Bangladesh as…
Gond and Beyond: Tribal Artists from India
We can say it’s the first time I write down something as commissioned by a reader. It’s a fact, while…
Indian police and that mass rape during operation against indigenous
India’s human rights watchdog said more than a dozen indigenous women were raped by police in restive Chhattisgarh state with…
Indigenous students of Bangladesh get books in mother tongue
Sometimes even the Bangladesh government makes some tiny symbolic gesture, yet appreciated, in favor of the country’s indigenous people. This…
Toxic water destroyed Pakistan’s largest lake and the lives of its inhabitants
Wastewater has poured into the lake, poisoning the water and almost everything in it. For generations the Mohanna tribe have…