The Silenced Voices of CHT

Chakma | Buddhist | Chittagong hill tracts, Bangladesh |

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

If this is not apartheid, then what is it?
If this is not religious persecution, then what is it??

Army personnel terrorized peaceful Chakma Buddhist ceremony in Dighinala, Khagrachari under Chittagong hill tracts. Bangladesh.
@UNHumanRights @nytimes @ProthomAlo @hrw @guardian

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

They come as tourists, but them stealing fruits from the local Indigenous people are happening daily. Typical attitude.
Happened today.
Location: Bandarban, Chittagong hill tracts.

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

Dipen Dewan, a Chakma politician & the Minister of CHT Affairs, resigned today citing ill health, though many believe he had disagreements with Mir Helal, a non-CHT Bengali minister in the same ministry, over several CHT issues.
Better to resign than become a puppet. Salute!

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

@rabby_123 What’s the point? Joke’s on you. While the Baro Bhuiyans eventually came under Mughal rule, the Chakmas never stayed under Mughal control.

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

Muslims are dreaming of converting us. Just remember: when the Chakmas were fighting the Mughals, Bengalis were busy licking their boots.

[MuslimBongo Movement @NeoMuslimBongo]

The non-violent way to counter separatists in the Chittagong Hill Tracts is to convert the indigenous people to Islam.
To preserve unity, the hills must be Islamized.

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

A Chakma boy died in Rangamati after a mango tree fell on him on 27 May evening.
His parents tried to bring his body to their rented home but the Bangla Hindu landlord refused it.
A nearby Chakma village stepped forward & the boy’s body taken there.
Some Hindu rules are shit.

[Grok @grok]

**Top 5 dangerous places for Buddhists (persecution/violence reports):**

1. China (Tibet: severe government controls on monasteries, reeducation of monks/nuns, bans on Dalai Lama devotion, surveillance/destruction of sites)
2. Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts: land grabs, temple attacks/vandalism, massacres by settlers/security forces, ongoing indigenous Jumma violence)
3. Afghanistan (Taliban restrictions on non-Muslims, historical site destruction e.g. Bamiyan)
4. Pakistan (blasphemy law misuse, discrimination/attacks on small minority communities)
5. Thailand (southern provinces: Muslim insurgency targeting Buddhist monks, temples, civilians)

Which group next (Jains/Christians/etc.)?

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

Bengali Muslim settler harassed a Chakma woman seller for social media content in Rangamati, Chittagong hill tracts, Bangladesh.

Such a disgusting attitude these people have.

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

@tunkhin80 A Rohingya activist met with Mehadi Hassan Palash a racist muslim settler & editor of Parbattanews, a newspaper regularly spread hatred against Buddhist & Hindu indigenous people in Chittagong hill tracts, Bangladesh.
Are Rohingyas now working against Buddhist in CHT?

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

Let me ask you who provides arms, training to those Rohingya islamic terrorist groups?
How Ata Ullahs and other islamic terrorists keep abducting and killing Buddhist civilians not only in Burma but also in Ramu, Teknaf in BD?

The answer: BANGLADESH ARMY

[Kerry Kennedy @KerryKennedyRFK]

I join members of the @FortifyRights Leadership Council along with Rohingya-led groups in calling on the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court to seek an arrest warrant for Ata Ullah, leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA).

Under Ata Ullah's command, ARSA has killed, abducted, and tortured Rohingya civilians in Myanmar and Bangladesh. These atrocity crimes demand accountability. The ICC must act. Read our full statement below.
https://t.co/gv0TkNwQrk

[Cht News @ChtnewsOfficial]

Five Indigenous Residents Allegedly Harassed by Army Personnel While Returning Home in Guimara
https://t.co/nD1X59I4ZE
@amnestysasia @UN_HRC @hrw

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

Well, just wait until you see someone washing their feet in the same basin where you wash your face.

[NyanChuu🔮🇯🇵🍭 @tanpukunokami]

To Muslims living in Japan:

I respect your freedom of religion.

However, I feel uncomfortable when a group suddenly starts praying in a park or public space without considering the people around them.

This is a place where children play.

If children suddenly see a group of adults bowing down on the ground, they may be surprised or even scared because they do not understand what is happening.

Japan has its own public manners and social rules.

Practicing your faith and being considerate of the people around you should be able to coexist.

I am not saying you should not pray.

I am simply asking you to choose an appropriate place and be mindful of others.

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

@grumpyensign @RiseBharata The CHT was included in Pakistan (Bangladesh) because India had a useless scum PM name Nehru.

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

@UNPeacekeeping : Bangladesh army protect civilians.

Chittagong Hill Tracts: LOL! So, who is massacring, killing, and persecuting Buddhist and Christian minorities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts?

[UN Peacekeeping @UNPeacekeeping]

4,000+ Bangladeshi🇧🇩 peacekeepers currently serve across our missions. They protect civilians in some of the world's most complex places.

During a visit to #DRC, @UN Global Peace Advocate @Alhan_islam spent time with the contingent in @MONUSCO. #ServingForPeace #InvestInPeace

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

@UNPeacekeeping @UN @Alhan_islam @MONUSCO While keeping peace elsewhere Bangladesh Army is carrying out systematic genocide to its own indigenous Buddhist and Christian minorities in the Chittagong hill tracts. https://t.co/2ciRX1AMNE

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

If this is not apartheid, then what is it?
If this is not religious persecution, then what is it??

Army personnel terrorized peaceful Chakma Buddhist ceremony in Dighinala, Khagrachari under Chittagong hill tracts. Bangladesh.
@UNHumanRights @nytimes @ProthomAlo @hrw @guardian

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

Yesterday, Chakma woman in Dhaka, Bangladesh was harassed by a Bengali man who mocked her by saying “Chung-Chang”, a slur targeting people with East Asian features from the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
The brave woman confronted him and taught him a lesson.
#অপয়াজাতি

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

In Bangladesh, 9,000 civilian volunteers have been called up by the government to train in arms and combat skills to keep India in check, while India is busy patting Yunus on the back.

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

Imagine living in a country as part of an indigenous minority of fewer than one million people, where you are surrounded by these people 24/7, and rape, killings, and land grabbing are state-sponsored.

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

সর্বমিত্র চাকমা নিজের সৎসাহস নিয়ে ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের ক্যাম্পাসে যে আমূল পরিবর্তনের অঙ্গীকারবদ্ধ তা আপাতদৃষ্টিতে ফাটাকেষ্ট হলেও পরোক্ষভাবে অনেককেই দৃঢ়ভাবে কাজ করার উতসাহ জোগাবে।

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

The student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, Shibir, has announced a Chakma student as part of their panel for the upcoming DUCSU election.
I see this as a positive development.

[The Silenced Voices of CHT @SaveCHT]

Be careful - Bengalis might claim they’ve been living in Portugal for 4,000 years, just like they do for the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

[Pedro dos Santos Frazão @Pedro_Frazao_]

🇵🇹🔥 No dia 18 de Janeiro vamos abanar este País.
Sem medo. Isto não é o Bangladesh! Portugal é uma Nação livre, soberana e orgulhosa da sua História.
Chega de governos e presidentes que tratam os portugueses como parvos é nos metem sempre em segundo lugar!
Chega de humilhação nacional.

💪 O Povo vai falar alto e claro.
E quando o Povo acorda, nada o pára.

#CHEGA #18DeJaneiro #PortugalAcorda #PortugalPrimeiro 🇵🇹✊

[Kerry Kennedy @KerryKennedyRFK]

#Bangladesh should immediately review and overturn the unjust sentence of Michael Chakma, an Indigenous rights & political activist, to 8 years in prison. Michael was forcibly disappeared in DGFI’s notorious secret detention site for 5 years and tortured under the previous government. The Interim Gov’t and @ChiefAdviserGoB must protect victims of disappearances and end the weaponization of criminal laws to silence peaceful dissent.