Protest letter submitted to Dipankar Talukdar by Indian Chakmas

12 December 2011
Posted in Announcements

On 10 December 2011, 15 Indian Chakma civil society organizations submitted a joint “protest letter” to the visiting Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Minister of Bangladesh, Mr Dipankar Talukdar at Kamala Nagar, headquarters of Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) in South Mizoram, protesting against his support to the unacceptable reference of the Chakmas and other indigenous peoples including Lushai, Tripuri, Garo etc as “Bengalees” in the recently amended Constitution of Bangladesh. The Chakmas civil society organizations have demanded “a written assurance from you that upon your return to Bangladesh you will take all the necessary measures to impress upon the Shiekh Hasina government to recognize the Chakmas and other ethnic communities as “indigenous peoples” in the Constitution of Bangladesh.”

The letters are available for downloading below:

Attachments:

File	Description	File size
Memo Dipanakr- MZ Rama.pdf	Protest letter submitted to Dipankar Talukdar by Indian Chakmas [PDF]	240 Kb
Memo to Dipankar Talukdar Final.doc	Protest letter submitted to Dipankar Talukdar by Indian Chakmas [Doc]	372 Kb