Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict

The Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict was a political and armed conflict between the government of Bangladesh and the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (United People's Party of the Chittagong Hill Tracts) and its armed wing, the Shanti Bahini, over the issue of autonomy and the land rights of Jumma people, mainly for Chakma people and the other indigenous of Chittagong Hill Tracts. Shanti Bahini launched an insurgency against government forces in 1977, when the country was under military rule, and the conflict continued for twenty years until the government and the PCJSS signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord in 1997. Quotes The Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict in Bangladesh is a good example of the type of conflict that tends to go unmediated. International Mediation Paul F. Diehl, ‎J. Michael Greig · 2013 Bangladesh had attracted the attention of international media and human rights NGOs due to the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict... The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A ... Andrew Erueti · 2022 The most significant separatist movement of ethnic groups [in Bangladesh] has been that of the Chittagong Hill Tracts which signed a peace accord . A Political and Economic Dictionary of South Asia - 28 Jivanta Schottli, ‎Subrata K. Mitra, ‎Siegried Wolf · 2015 External links Category:Massacres in Bangladesh Category:20th century in Bangladesh