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Chittagong Hill Tract News (CHT) NEWS No. 16-2007

Marma girl kidnapped in South CHT

Thursday February 08 2007 15:04:09 PM BDT Marma girl kidnapped in South CHT HR Monitoring Cell, UPDF, February 7, 2007 Settlers have kidnapped a sixteen-year old Marma girl in Nakkyaongchari of Bandarban district in South Chittagong Hill Tracts. The abduction was masterminded by a bunch of settler youths who had been eve-teasing her for a long time. Ms Nunu Ujai Marma from Lohajhiri village under South Baishari was kidnapped on 4 February 2007 when she was grazing her cows in the field. It was midday when the incident took place. The alleged masterminds are Mostafa s/o Nurul Haq, Bodia s/o Abu Subahan, Md. Hossain, s/o Hanif and Md. Putul s/o Zakir Hossain. Her father Ming Mong Marma reported the incident to the Baishari police outpost, but no action has been taken to date. Mr. Marma told the journalists that the terrorists had made sexual advances to her several times earlier and added that he believed that they kidnapping her because she refused them all. He expressed fear that the terrorists might kill his daughter. About the same time last year the settlers had kidnapped another Marma girl King Chai Marma from the area. She was killed after rape and her dead body was recovered from the rubber garden of Humayun Kabir. This report is based on a news article published in Chattagram Manch (Chittagong) on February 7, 2007. ===================================================================================================================== CHT NEWS NO. 16/2007.

Prepared by Human Rights Monitoring Cell, United Peoples’ Democratic Front (UPDF). February 07, 2007. Website: www.updfcht.org

Chittagong Hill Tracts News :CHT NEWS No. 15-2007-

Army tortures innocent villagers in Khagrachari

Thursday February 01 2007 18:01:19 PM BDT Army tortures innocent villagers in Khagrachari HR Monitoring Cell, UPDF, February 1, 2007 A group of Bangladesh military personnel from Giriful camp at Perachara, on 22 January 2007 Monday surrounded Baburopara village, three Kilometers north of Kahgrachari district town and searched the house of the village head or Karbari Mr. Kanak Baran Chakma. The soldiers also tortured his son Mr. Amit Chakma (27). The raid, which took place before dawn, was led by Major Hannan and about 40 to 45 army personnel took part in it. After dawn the soldiers searched Kanak Baran Chakma’s house. However, he was not at home. He was in Rangamati district on some family business. The military detained his son Mr. Amit Chakma (27) and interrogated him. During interrogation the army tortured and harassed him. He was freed only after midday. Before freeing him the military asked him to go to the Giriful military camp the next morning with his elder brother Binoy Chakma (33) and his father Kanak Baran Chakma. Accordingly, the next day they went to the camp and called on the commander. In the camp the military interrogated them separately and subjected them to mental harassment. During the interrogation the commander threatened them to inform him whenever any UPDF member comes to their village. He asked them not to give shelter, food and clothing to the UPDF members. He also wanted to know whether anyone in the village supports UPDF. The military also asked them to come to the camp every week to report about the UPDF activities. After a long interrogation and taking a written statement from them the military set them free. Military operation and torture of innocent people have become a common phenomenon in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Despite the CHT accord, which was signed in 1997, Human Rights violation still continues unabated. The military carry out their activities under the so-called “operation Uttaran” which literally means “Uplift”.

CHT NEWS NO. 15/2007. Prepared by Human Rights Monitoring Cell, United Peoples’ Democratic Front (UPDF). February 01, 2007. Website: www.updfcht.org ====================================================================================================================Chiitagong CHITTAGONG Hill Tracts (CHT) NEWS No. 14-2007

One shot dead by JSS in Matiranga

Monday January 29 2007 14:45:19 PM BDT One shot dead by JSS in MatirangaHR Monitoring Cell, UPDF, January 25, 2007 The armed militants of the Jana Samhati Samiti (JSS) shot dead a villager in Matiranga in Khagrachari, Northern Chittagong Hill Tracts. The incident occurred at about 8 p.m. on 22 January. Mr. Ram Kumar Tripura (30) s/o Gagan Singh Tripura was having leisurely talks with his family members at the courtyard of his house in the village of Natun Bazaar, when the JSS terrorists opened fire on them. Mr. Tripura was fatally wounded and was admitted to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital. He was hit in the abdomen and died at the hospital. CHT NEWS NO. 14/2007. Prepared by Human Rights Monitoring Cell, United Peoples’ Democratic Front (UPDF). January 25, 2007. Website: www.updfcht.org Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) News : BD Army harass Buddhist monk in Lakshmichari Wednesday January 24 2007 19:07:24 PM BDT HR Monitoring Cell, UPDF, January 18, 2007 A group of army personnel from Lakshimichari zone in Khagrachari district harassed Rev. Sharadhatissyo Bhikkhu, the chief priest of Aryo Mitra Bouddha Vihara. The incident took place at around 10 p.m. on 10 January 2007. The soldiers encircled the temple and interrogated the monk about another Buddhist monk who had earlier in the day spoken at a religious ceremony held in the same temple ground. It has been learnt that the village head of Lakshmichari Mr. Prabhat Kumar Karbari performed Sangha Dana ( a religious ceremony) at Aryo Mitra Bouddha Vihara (temple) in which many other Buddhist monks had also taken part. At the sermon a Buddhist monk, Nanda Bhikkhu, from Horina Amrita Dham Buddhist Temple in Bhujpur Union under Fatikchari, dealt on the UPDF-JSS conflict and grossly blamed the JSS for it. As the ceremony was open to all, many heard what he had said including army informers who reported it to the camp. It is not known if it was Nanda Bhikkhu’s religious talk which prompted the army to go and harass the chief priest. Religious persecution is on the rise in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. In almost every religious gathering the Buddhist monks invariably advise the lay men and women to follow the five principles of non-violence; and some even go to the extent of appealing both the UPDF and JSS to stop violence and find a negotiated settlement of the conflict. This suits what they believe and practice. Therefore, Rev. Nanda Bhikkhu’s talk on the UPDF-JSS conflict was not unusual at all and the army should not have made it a pretext to harass the monk. ===================================================================================================================== CHT NEWS NO. 12/2007. Prepared by Human Rights Monitoring Cell, United Peoples’ Democratic Front (UPDF). January 18, 2007. Website: www.updfcht.org