05/07/2025
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti Press Release Half-Yearly Report (January-June 2025) on Human Rights Situation of Chittagong Hill Tracts Fundamentally, there has been brought in no change or progress in the totality of Human Rights situation of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) although the Interim Government led by Dr. Yunus passes 11 months. As there is no initiative to end the existing human rights violations, oppression and deprivation of the Jumma people, so there is no initiative to end these injustices, and no effective and hope-generating initiative to fully implement the CHT Accord, which was signed to resolve the CHT crisis by peaceful and political means. The implementation status of the Accord shows that two-third sections of the Accord including the core issues have not yet been implemented even passing 27 years last. As though the present Interim Government reconstituted the three Hill District Councils, appointed the Chairman of CHT Development Board and reconstituted the CHT Accord Implementation and Monitiring Committee, but no sincere initiative undertaken to address the unimplemented issues of the Accord, on part of the government is visible. The CHT Accord Implementation and Monitoring Committee was though reorganized on 12 January 2025 but no session of the said committee has been held despite passing almost six months. Consequently, the situation of human rights violation in CHT is getting escalated day by day. It is unfortunate that instead of resolving the CHT crisis through ex*****on of the unimplemented issues of the Accord, the government is persuading fascist policy of laying out wide-ranged militarization to addressing the CHT crisis invariably. Hence, the CHT Chapter has remained delegated to the military authority. It is by merit of the 'Operation Uttoron' (Operation Upliftment), the army have been regulating all the affairs of CHT including the subjects of General Administration, Law & Order, Judiciary and Development sector. This
