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.