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Articles for Chakmas

Hasina’s gone, but fate of Bangladesh’s forcibly disappeared uncertain
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Hasina’s gone, but fate of Bangladesh’s forcibly disappeared uncertain

Al Jazeera  

Only three of more than 150 persons who went missing during Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule have been reunited with their families. “I was whispering to myself: ‘They’re going to kill me, they’re going to kill me,'” he said, dreading a staged “crossfire” execution – a method he had long opposed during his activism for Chakma rights. “I was targeted for …

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No plan to relocate refugees from Arunachal in Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma
8 months ago

No plan to relocate refugees from Arunachal in Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI A day after Union Minister Kiren Rijiju indicated otherwise, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on April 23 said there were no plans to relocate the Chakma and Hajong refugees from Arunachal Pradesh to Assam. Mr. Rijiju, the BJP’s candidate from the Arunachal West constituency, told journalists on Monday that talks have been initiated with Union Home Minister Amit …

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As Recent Manipur Violence Widens Gap Between Kukis And Meiteis, Is BJP's Big Move Expected On CM Biren Singh?
1 year, 7 months ago

As Recent Manipur Violence Widens Gap Between Kukis And Meiteis, Is BJP's Big Move Expected On CM Biren Singh?

ABP News  

The recent clashes in Manipur have widened the gap between the Kukis and the Meiteis and now reports stated that 10 Kuki MLAs, including seven from the ruling BJP, two of whom are state ministers, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah this week and demanded a separate administration for the Kukis. However, amid murmurs of the growing distrust between the …

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Chakma Leader from Chittagong Hill Tracts on India visit
1 year, 7 months ago

Chakma Leader from Chittagong Hill Tracts on India visit

The Hindu  

May 08, 2023 01:09 am | Updated 02:38 am IST - Kolkata An important leader of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh has arrived in India, a source has confirmed to The Hindu. The Chittagong Hill Tracts located in the southeastern part of Bengaldesh forms a large part of the Chittagong region bordering Myanmar and India and shares many ethnic …

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Arunachal CM urged not to ‘perpetuate prejudices’ against Chakma and Hajong people
1 year, 7 months ago

Arunachal CM urged not to ‘perpetuate prejudices’ against Chakma and Hajong people

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Chakma Development Foundation of India has urged Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu not to “perpetuate prejudices” against the Chakma and Hajong communities by terming them ineligible for settlement in Arunachal Pradesh and proposing their relocation across India. Terming Chakmas and Hajongs as refugees and claiming Arunachal Pradesh is a tribal State protected by the Constitution are thus …

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Arunachal Pradesh: Chakmas, Hajongs Protest Against Denial of Residential Proof Certificates
2 years, 4 months ago

Arunachal Pradesh: Chakmas, Hajongs Protest Against Denial of Residential Proof Certificates

News 18  

Hundreds of people belonging to Chakma and Hajong communities held peaceful protests at Diyun in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district on Saturday against the denial of Residential Proof Certificates to them, allegedly “as part of the state government’s policy to throw them out”. Rup Singh Chakma, President of the Arunachal Pradesh Chakma Students Union said such denial of certification is affecting …

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Arunachal Chakmas, Hajongs protest denial of residential proof certificates
2 years, 4 months ago

Arunachal Chakmas, Hajongs protest denial of residential proof certificates

The Hindu  

The Chakmas and Hajongs rehabilitated in Arunachal Pradesh in the 1960s on Saturday protested the denial of residential proof certificates to them, allegedly carried out as part of the State policy to throw them out of Arunachal Pradesh. The Pema Khandu government had on July 30 constituted the committee comprising three bureaucrats and two representatives of the All Arunachal Pradesh …

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Arunachal to probe issuance of residential papers to refugees
2 years, 4 months ago

Arunachal to probe issuance of residential papers to refugees

The Hindu  

Apprehensive of unrest, the Arunachal Pradesh government has decided to form a committee, to probe the issuance of residential proof certificates to the Chakma and Hajong people in the State’s Changlang district. The decision follows a call for a State-wide shutdown on August 3 by the influential All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union, which wants the Chakma and Hajong people ejected. …

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Make citizenship to Chakma, Hajongs in Arunachal final: NHRC
2 years, 7 months ago

Make citizenship to Chakma, Hajongs in Arunachal final: NHRC

The Hindu  

The National Human Rights Commission on Friday has asked the Centre and the Arunachal Pradesh government to finalise the conferment of citizenship rights to the eligible people of Chakma and Hajongs tribes as ordered by the Supreme Court. The CHEF and CDFI had in their May 22 complaint with the NHRC said none of the 4,637 citizenship applications from the …

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Chakmas and Hajongs | The peoples without a state
2 years, 10 months ago

Chakmas and Hajongs | The peoples without a state

The Hindu  

The often-violent Assam agitation from 1979 to 1985 had a domino effect on some of the other north-eastern States. The Assam agitation also impacted Arunachal Pradesh and the politics of xenophobia was primarily directed at four communities — Chakmas, Hajongs, Tibetans and Yobins — who had settled there before Arunachal Pradesh was upgraded from the North-East Frontier Agency in 1972. …

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The racial profiling of the Chakmas and Hajongs
2 years, 10 months ago

The racial profiling of the Chakmas and Hajongs

The Hindu  

The story so far: The north-eastern States have had a history of being paranoid about outsiders outnumbering the indigenous communities and taking their land, resources and jobs. In Arunachal Pradesh, the Chakma and Hajong people are feeling the heat since the State government decided to conduct a special census in December 2021. Who are the Chakmas and Hajongs? Organisations such …

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Chakmas approach NHRC for aid
2 years, 11 months ago

Chakmas approach NHRC for aid

The Hindu  

People of two Arunachal Pradesh villages facing displacement by oil drilling projects are being denied compensation, the National Human Rights Commission has been told. In a complaint to the apex rights body on Saturday, the New Delhi-based Chakma Development Council of India said Oil India Limited has resorted to coercion to deny compensation to the inhabitants of two villages in …

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‘Grant citizenship to Arunachal Chakmas’
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Grant citizenship to Arunachal Chakmas’

The Hindu  

The Chakma National Council of India has asked the Centre to comply with two Supreme Court orders prescribing citizenship to the Chakma and Hajong people settled in Arunachal Pradesh six decades ago. The CNCI and its affiliates such as the All India Chakma Students’ Union and the Rashtriya Chakma Tribal Sangh have also expressed solidarity with the Chakmas and Hajongs …

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Students’ body welcomes Arunachal Pradesh move to relocate Chakmas, Hajongs
3 years, 3 months ago

Students’ body welcomes Arunachal Pradesh move to relocate Chakmas, Hajongs

The Hindu  

An apex students’ organisation has welcomed the Arunachal Pradesh government’s decision to relocate Chakma and Hajong settlers beyond the State. “We appreciate Chief Minister Pema Khandu’s recent statement that the Chakmas and Hajongs would be relocated outside Arunachal,” All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union general secretary Tobom Dai said. Mr. Khandu in his Independence Day speech said “all illegal immigrant Chakmas …

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