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No backtracking on indigenous peoples' rights

Adviser says gout u/orkingon ensuring it

Staff Correspondent
The caretaker government is trying to ensure that future political governments do not backtrack on establishing the rights of the country's indigenous peoples, Law Adviser AF Hassan Ariff yesterday said.
He said bringing the Chittagong Hill TYacts (CHT) under mobile-phone network and establishing judge courts there are instances of the progress the government has already made in resolving problems in the three hill districts.
Ariff was speaking at a discussion to mark the International Day of the World's Indigenous People, organised by Bangladesh
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Indigenous Peoples Forum at the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh. CUT Regional Council Chairman Jyotirindra Bodhipriyo Larma alias Santu Larma chaired the programme.
Indigenous peoples observed the day through cultural programmes, rallies, film shows and photography exhibitions, with the call for establishing a separate land commission for indigenous peoples living in the flat lands, stopping creating more eco-parks on their lands and providing ethnic minorities with more educational facilities.
Stating that the present administration will not be able to address all the issues concerning the indigenous peoples as its tenure would end in about four-five months, the law adviser said the administration rather wants to keep the process alive by implementing a few more steps so future governments do not back- pedal on the issues.
Raja Debashish Roy, special assistant to the chief adviser, said the judge courts and mobile-phone network in the CHT are steps in the right direction, but establishing the rights of the indigenous peoples in full is still a long way up the road.
Referring to the land commission as enshrined in the CHT peace treaty but hitherto unimplemented, he stressed the need for installing a separate such commission for indigenous peoples living elsewhere in the country.
Executive Director ofManusher
Jonno Foundation Shaheen Anam called for focusing on one or two significant issues a year in the process of resolving the issues.
Santu Larma called for full implementation of the CHT peace treaty, saying rights would not be bestowed on the indigenous peoples. they would have to achieve them through struggle.
He urged them to join hands in the movement for installing a secular, democratic and progressivegovernment.
Danish Ambassador in Dhaka Einar Jensen, executive director of Ain O Shalish Kendra Sultana Kamal. Brian Forey, charge d'ffaires of the delegation of the European Commission to Bangladesh and Dhaka University teacher Dalem Chandra Barman also spoke at the programme
Cultural Affairs Adviser Rasheda K Chowdhury, meantime, said the government was finalising rules and regulations in order to ensure that indigenous peoples get employed in government departments.
She said this while inaugurating the day at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka.
Communist Party President Manjurul Ahsan Khan, Workers Party President Rashcd Khan Menon, Gano Forum presidium member Pankaj Bhattacharya. Awami League leaders Dr Dipu Moni and Dr Abdur Razzak, Jatiya Party leader GM Quader, Dhaka University teachers Mesbah Kamal and Sadeka Halim attended the inauguration.