Tag: Indigenous Peoples
A group of Jumma youths appeal for humanitarian support for affected hill people
Hill Voice, 2 May 2020, Rangamati: The first corona patient was identified in Bangladesh on March 8. The number of corona patients is increasing day [Read More…]
ESCR-Net calls for global action towards transformative change in response to COVID-19
Hill Voice, 2 May 2020, New York: Indigenous and social movements, human rights organizations and defenders around the world call for global action towards transformative [Read More…]
Traditional Home Quarantine & Social Assistance for distressed Jumma people of COVID-19
Hill Voice, 27 April 2020, CHT: In consequence to the country-wide-undeclared Lockdown with government declaration of general holiday and shut down of public transports, factories [Read More…]
Indigenous peoples of Dinajpur enforced a roadblock demanding relief
Hill Voice, 24 April 2020, Dinajpur: Indigenous people of No. 1 Chehelgazi Union Parishad of Dinajpur Sadar Upazila, have blocked roads and staged protests demanding [Read More…]
Thousands of indigenous families of the country in food crisis due to corona pandemic
Hill Voice, 12 April 2020, Bangladesh: In a statement dated on 12 April 2020, Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples Forum, Jatiya Adivasi Parishad and Kapaeeng Foundation said [Read More…]
JAP calls for protection of indigenous peoples in Rajshahi-Rangpur to prevent coronavirus
Hill Voice, 8 April 2020, Rajshahi: The Jatiya Adivasi Parishad (JAP), an organization representing indigenous peoples in northwestern Bangladesh, has called for the protection of [Read More…]
More than 3000 indigenous families facing trouble during Lockdown
Hill Voice, 3 April 2020, Rajshahi: 1200 Santal families from Gaibanda district and 2000 families of Santal, Paharia and Oraon from Rajshahi district are facing [Read More…]
Thousand acres of lands occupied by an AL leader on plea of Tourism
Hill Voice, 01 April 2020, Bandarban: The inhabitants have raised an allegation of illegal occupation of lands measuring some 1000 thousand acres by Md. Shafiullah, [Read More…]
New UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples appointed
Hill Voice, 18 March 2020, Geneva: Jose Francisco “Pancho” Cali Tzay has been appointed as the new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of [Read More…]
Binota Moy Dhamai appointed as a member of EMRIP
Hill Voice, 14 March 2020, Geneva: Binota Moy Dhamai, Secretary of International Affairs of Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples’ Forum has been appointed as a member of [Read More…]