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PROTECT PAHARI
LAND RIGHTS IN THE
CHITTAGONG HILL
TRACTS

Dear Prime Minister,

Fourteen years ago your government signed a Peace Accord promisingto return traditional lands to the Pahari Indigenous Peoples of theChittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh.Thousands of Pahari families have been displaced as a result of thegovernment’s counter insurgency operations and policies encouragingBengali settlers to migrate to and occupy Pahari lands. Huge tracts ofPahari lands have been acquired by theForest Department and the military.Displaced Pahari families remain landless while they wait for the LandCommission,established toresolvetheland disputes, to act.To date, theCommission has failed to initiate a single inquiry into these disputes.I urge you to take concrete steps to ensure that the Land Commissionfulfils its obligations, including seeking full and effectiveparticipation of the Pahari in all its work.

Yours sincerely,

Name:
Address: Amnesty International, International Secretariat, Peter Benenson House,
1 Easton Street, London WC1X 0DW, UK. amnesty.org
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Image: A member of the Pahari Indigenous community in Rangamati
district, Bangladesh, June 2011.
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Secretary James M. LeBlanc
Louisiana Department of Public Safety and
Corrections
504 Mayflower St
Baton Rouge
LA 70802
USA
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Office of the Prime Minister
Old Sangsad Bhaban
Tejgaon, Dhaka – 1215 Bangladesh