Indigenous Rights

Experts warn that the Chittagong Hill Tracts face rising threats from deforestation, flash floods, and landslides as climate change intensifies....

PCJSS condemned deadly attacks on indigenous Jummas in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts, linking the violence to systemic persecution and calling...

A 16-year-old Garo girl was allegedly raped during Durga Puja in Haluaghat, exposing deep-rooted vulnerabilities of Indigenous women. The incident...

A peaceful protest marking the 5th July Anniversary in Khagrachari turned deadly as indigenous demonstrators were met with gunfire, leaving...

Three Bawm men have died in custody during a military crackdown in Bangladesh, sparking outcry over alleged abuse and ethnic...

Indigenous Tripura girl gang rape in Khagrachhari, Bangladesh sparks protests; Bangladesh Army accused of violently suppressing demonstrators.

Indigenous communities in Sajek accuse military and forest officials of halting a grassroots college project, calling it a blow to...

The GAIPCHT urges EU intervention over Bangladesh Army operations in the CHT, citing rights abuses and support for Rohingya armed...

Indigenous Santal communities in northern Bangladesh protest a planned industrial project on ancestral land, reigniting memories of deadly 2016 evictions....

70-year-old Dolma’s quiet resistance mirrors the deep anxieties of Arunachal’s riverine communities amid dam disputes. As India and China clash...

Sangmoy Bawm, a sick Indigenous man, was jailed without conviction—and granted bail only two days after his death.

The Bawm, an Indigenous Christian minority in Bangladesh, are enduring systemic persecution and cultural extinction.