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A quality rights radical that campaigns for the extortion of the civilian liberties of the indigenous radical of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) has called for planetary involution aft respective tribal members died successful firing by the Bangladesh Army successful a crackdown connected Sunday (September 28, 2025).
The incidental took spot aft Army unit fired upon activists of Jumma Chhatra Janata, who were demanding justness aft reports of intersexual unit against a miss belonging to the tribal Marma community.
“Instead of arresting the rapists, the Bangladeshi Army unit person been violating the rights of the indigenous peoples and today resorted to the sidesplitting of the peaceful protestors by indiscriminate firing,” said Suhas Chakma of Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG).
The RRAG has said that the Bangladesh Army has been bringing successful “outsiders” to settee successful the CHT to alteration the demographics of the region. Mr. Chakma further informed that Sunday’s (September 28, 2025) killings successful CHT volition beryllium taken up astatine the ongoing league of the U.N. Human Rights Council successful Geneva this week.
The firing took spot successful Khagrachhari, 1 of the main elevation districts that represent the ethnically divers CHT region. The protestation was triggered by September 23 reports of a pack rape of a tribal teenager.
Speaking to Daily Star, Ahsan Habib Palash, Deputy Inspector General of Chattogram Range Police, confirmed the deaths and said, “Three persons were brought dormant to the Sadar Hospital by police.” The RRAG has informed that 4 persons were killed and respective others were injured successful the firing.
“The RRAG called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene against the systematic attacks connected the indigenous peoples successful the Chittagong Hill Tracts by the Bangladesh Army,” the organisation said successful a property note. The Chittagong Hill Tracts person witnessed aggregate clashes implicit the past twelvemonth since the autumn of the Sheikh Hasina authorities successful August 2024.
The Government of Bangladesh has a bid statement with Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) that dates to 1997, erstwhile the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League authorities was successful power. The agreement, however, has been criticised implicit the years arsenic it was alleged that it failed to summation information of indigenous communities successful the authorities positions and besides that implicit the years the fig of “outsiders” settling successful the CHT portion has besides increased.
