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Bangladesh army torture indigenous Chakma Buddhists in Naniachar

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On 17 April 2011 Bangladesh army backed Muslim settlers attacked 5 indigenous Buddhist villages in Ramgarh and 2 indigenous villages in Manikchari in Chittagong Hill Tracts. In this attack around 200 indigenous houses including 2 Buddhist temples were torched. At least 20 indigenous people were injured and at least half dozen indigenous people were missing. Muslim settlers damaged and desecrated the Buddha image.

On 13 June 1985, Bangladesh Army of 305th Brigade from Thalchara Army Camp beat the indigenous inhabitants of Thalchara in Naniachar, Rangamati district enmasse. Bangladesh army beat indigenous inhabitants enmasse on a pretext of seeing light at dead of night in the village.

Sources:

PCJSS(Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti)

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