Will the government keep its promises to the indigenous communities of the CHT this time around?
Human rights violations of Indigenous peoples, especially land-grabbing, continued unabated
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord (CHT Accord), signed in 1997 with the promise to end armed conflict and grant a host of benefits to the indigenous Jumma people in the south-eastern region of Bangladesh, has rather increased tension in the last 20 years.
Will the government keep its promises to the indigenous communities of the CHT this time around?
Human rights violations of Indigenous peoples, especially land-grabbing, continued unabated
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord (CHT Accord), signed in 1997 with the promise to end armed conflict and grant a host of benefits to the indigenous Jumma people in the south-eastern region of Bangladesh, has rather increased tension in the last 20 years.