Bangladeshs Chittagong Hill Tracts is one of the most heavily militarized zones in the world. According to the CHT Commission Report 1991, there is one Bangladeshi soldier behind every 6 indigenous persons in the region. The figure may have increased by now. CHT has been under a defacto Bangladeshi military rule codenamed Operation Uttoran (lit. Operation Uplifting) since the early 1980s. Bangladeshi military is responsible for gross human rights violations, including 13 major genocides and crimes against humanity, against thebindigenous people of the region. Stop militarization of CHT Lift the de facto military rule from the region Restore democracy and respect the human rights and fundamental rights and freedoms of the indigenous people.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:31:17 +0000
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