UK:Jumma representative tells British MPs of repression of tribes 21 May 2008A representative of the Bawm people, one of the eleven ‘Jumma’ tribes of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, spoke to British MPs and peers yesterday about the violent repression faced by his people.
Bangladesh:Jumma leader sentenced to 17 years in jail 27 July 2007Ranglai Mro, a Jumma leader from the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh, has been sentenced to 17 years in jail after protesting against the eviction of his people from their land to make way for an army training centre.
Bangladesh:Arrest and torture of tribal leaders 8 March 2007The army and police in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, arrested two Jumma tribal leaders this week, adding to the growing number of arrests since a state of emergency was declared in January.
Bangladesh:Army and police arrest and torture Jummas 6 March 2007The army and police in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, have arrested at least nine Jumma tribal leaders this month after planting firearms in their homes. Some of those arrested have also been tortured.
Bangladesh:Army throws 750 Mru families off their land 31 January 2007The Bangladesh army has evicted 750 Mru families from their ancestral land in the remote villages of Bandarban Hill District in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh:Rape and torture in the Chittagong Hill Tracts 23 August 2006Violence continues against the Jumma tribal people of Bangladesh. On 12 July a Jumma shopkeeper was arrested by the army in Mahalchari. He was severely beaten and tortured, and was given electric shocks.
