Hill Voice, 25 October 2025, International Desk: According to late reports, it is known that on October 10, 2025, the Jumma people, accompanied by their Japanese friends, gathered in front of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and demanded justice for the Indigenous people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh.

The protest was organized in response to the brutal attacks on September 27 and 28, 2025, in Khagrachari and Guimara, where Jumma homes and shops were burned, several people were killed, and many were injured or displaced.

Protesters held banners reading “Stop Military Occupation in CHT” and “Justice for Indigenous People.” They accused that the 1997 Peace Accord has still not been implemented and that fear, military patrols, and land occupation continue to dominate daily life in the hills.

Speakers explained that the recent violence began after the rape of a young Marma girl in Khagrachari. Instead of punishing the rapists, the army and settler groups attacked Indigenous villages. Dozens of homes and shops were burned, leaving many Jumma families homeless once again.

Tom Eskildsen and Nozumi Inagawa, General Secretary of Jummonet, were present at the protest and expressed strong solidarity with the Indigenous Jumma people. They said that if Japan truly stands for peace and human rights, its aid and cooperation must never become a tool of injustice.

Protesters appealed to the Government of Japan and the international community to urge Bangladesh to withdraw its troops from the CHT and ensure the Indigenous peoples’ rights to land and security.

The protesters also strongly appealed to the UN not to accept a peacekeeping force from Bangladesh, presenting a compelling argument that a country unable to maintain peace at home cannot be a credible peacekeeper abroad.