The protesters alleged that illegal settlers orchestrated violent attacks against indigenous communities
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22 September, 2024, 10:25 am
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Protests in Tripura over attacks on minorities in Bangladesh
The protesters alleged that illegal settlers orchestrated violent attacks against indigenous communities
Indian indigenous college students from the Tripura Chakma College students’ Association (TCSA) initiated a rally in Agartala protesting against the violence against indigenous peoples within the Chittagong Hill Tracts, says NDTV.
Following the ouster of ragged High Minister Sheikh Hasina, violence against minorities and indigenous communities has elevated in Bangladesh, the protesters acknowledged.
The TCSA members raised slogans condemning escalating attacks, arson and killings within the CHT, the place a total bunch of indigenous americans, particularly from the minority Buddhist Chakma neighborhood, comprise reportedly been centered.
On Friday, Chakma leaders in India despatched a letter to High Minister Narendra Modi, urging the Indian authorities to downgrade its diplomatic ties with the caretaker authorities in Bangladesh.
“We told High Minister Narendra Modi to intervene within the topic and shield the minority americans of Bangladesh by taking steps. The minority neighborhood has been centered in Bangladesh after the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina authorities. As of late, we took out a rally against the atrocities of our americans in Bangladesh,” acknowledged Amitav Chakma, a protester.
Equally, members of the Childhood TIPRA Federation (YTF), the largest tribal early life neighborhood in Tripura, held a express outdoors the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh in Agartala on Saturday against alleged atrocities and killings of indigenous americans in CHT and attacks on non secular minorities in Bangladesh.
The protesters alleged that illegal settlers orchestrated violent attacks against indigenous communities.
A memorandum signed by YTF chief Suraj Debbarma used to be submitted to the Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh, appealing for urgent movement to guard indigenous and non secular minorities.
The memorandum sought quick measures to salvage particular the safety of those facing persecution in CHT.
