Chittagong Hill Tracts Archives

Stop Hill Cutting Now, Save the Nature for Future

Down with the hills! The Daily Star September 8, 2012 Hill cutting continues unabated despite ban Though Bangladesh is prominently a plain land, its Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Bandarban and Sylhet have hilly areas…

09/09/2012 By Admin_2 0

PEACEKEEPING FORCES: Don’t allow HR violators: UNPFII to UN

Written on UN press statement; posted in bdnews24.com The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) has urged the United Nations to prevent military units violating human rights from participating international peacekeeping activities. At the…

28/05/2011 By Admin_2 0

PEACEKEEPING FORCES: UN urged to screen army’s HR records

Prepared upon UN Press Statement May 27, 2011 Published in bdnews24.com A UN Special Rapporteur has suggested that the United Nations closely monitor the human rights records of the army before letting countries take part…

27/05/2011 By Admin_2 0

‘Define terms minorities, indigenous’

Published on bdnews24.com on May 27, 2011 A former advisor to the caretaker government has asked the government to clarify who are indigenous and who are not. Sultana Kamal, also a member of the Chittagong…

27/05/2011 By Admin_2 0

‘Probe army’s HR violation in CHT’

Wed, May 25th, 2011 11:18 pm BdST Published on bdnews24.com The systematic violation of human rights by the army in the hilly areas should be investigated, an international indigenous rights activist has said. “I visited…

25/05/2011 By Admin_2 0