Bangladesh: Iftekharuzzaman: State Patronising Festival of Land Grabbing in CHT

Feb 17, 2015 | Abid Azad, Dhaka Tribune
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The state has been patronising a grand festival of land grabbing in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, said International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) member Dr Iftekharuzzaman yesterday.

Addressing a roundtable at the Dhaka Reporters Unity, he added that the state policy showed that many actions have been taking place for evicting the indigenous people from the country.

“Indigenous people are becoming evicted and displaced continuously, while there is no one to pay heed because the state patronises the land grabbers; for which, one day there will be no indigenous people in the country,” said Iftekharuzzaman, also the executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh.