Asia Young Indigenous Peoples Network (AYIPN) condemns the recent attacks on indigenous peoples in Bangladesh.
We strongly condemn the recent attacks and arson against the indigenous Jumma people of Bangladesh attack inflicted in daylight by Bengali settlers in collusion and with the presence of the military and police in Langadu, in Rangamati, Chittagong Hill Tracts on 2 June 2017. During the attack, Bengali settlers torched down houses of Adivasi people in different villages, causing immediate fleeing of indigenous peoples to hills and forests to save their lives.
