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📢 Joint statement: CHTC and IWGIA reject Bangladeshi ministers’ denial of Indigenous identity. Indigenous Peoples have the right to self-identification. Recognition strengthens equality and unity—it does not divide Bangladesh.

🔗 https://t.co/eiwZzBoypp

#IndigenousPeoples

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Joint statement from the CHTC and @IWGIA on the recent ministerial appointment to the CHT Affairs Ministry.

We call on the Government of Bangladesh to review this appointment and ensure it remains consistent with the CHT Accord.

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🔴 #FreeTheBawm
CHT Commission Condemns Death of Bawm Youth in Prison Custody.
We call for an immediate end to the systematic persecution of the Bawm people.

🛑 Stop the attacks.
✊🏽 Stand with the Bawm.
#JusticeForTheBawm #CHT #IndigenousRights

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@ChtCommission, @IWGIA, and @aippnet urge the @ChiefAdviserGoB to take immediate action regarding the ongoing violence against Indigenous Peoples in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

https://t.co/gbaozb0Dbv

#indigenousrights #Bangladesh #humanrightsvioaltions

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CHT Commission and @IWGIA have released a joint statement regarding the ongoing violent attacks on the Indigenous Jummo community in the CHT and asked for UN-led committee to probe CHT violence: https://t.co/ZHBopEsjzp

@binadcosta @UNHumanRights @IPRightsIntl @UNinBangladesh

[IWGIA @IWGIA]

IWGIA is devastated by the tragic deaths of three Indigenous Jummo people in Khagrachhari following violent attacks. We demand immediate protection for the community and accountability for those responsible. https://t.co/jgMWorBoFz

Urgent Alert: https://t.co/aVZFuWQd3K

[IWGIA @IWGIA]

❗The #Bangladesh 🇧🇩 govt has been cracking down on the #Bawm community in the #Chittagong Hill Tracts (#CHT).

👉 Investigative report here: https://t.co/l9ehLZ55SB

Since April 2024, at least 10 Bawm civilians have been killed by the military & 126 have been imprisoned.

[Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office @amnestysasia]

Bangladesh 🇧🇩: Michael Chakma, an Indigenous rights activist from Chittagong Hill Tracts, was forcibly disappeared by the Bangladeshi authorities for more than five years since April 2019. He is one of the three people who were released after 5 August, after the change in the government following widespread protests. Here, he recounts his ordeal.

[Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office @amnestysasia]

Join the @amnestysasia webinar on "Addressing Enforced Disappearances in South Asia", happening on 28 August 2024.

🔗Join us here: https://t.co/g3SjY8baU8

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The CHT Commission urges the interim government of Bangladesh to prioritize six crucial issues, ensuring that the people of CHT can fully experience the nation's 2nd independence. #CHT #BangladeshCrisis @binadcosta @KhushiKabir @UN4Indigenous

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Urgent press release from CHTC demanding protection of civilians' lives in Bandarban https://t.co/Lzfds3MlIx #IndigenousPeoples @UN4Indigenous
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Attacks On the Mro indigenous group: National Human Rights Commission finds proof of arson, vandalism

https://t.co/yQXaXkUSql

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Attack on Mro #indigenous people in Lama. The recent attack is not the first attack. Previously, on 26 April 2022, Lama Rubber Industries Limited set fire to 100 acres of their Jum plantation. CHTC released a statement at that time: https://t.co/GByc5sy2Yq

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How New Year started for the indigenous Mro people of Lama, Bandarban. Read the press statement from the CHTC here: https://t.co/aCggAQ1MG4 @UN4Indigenous @UNHumanRights @amnesty @hrw #INDIGENOUS #humanrights