Indigenous Rights

Media Narratives of the Chittagong Hill Tracts: Flattening the Violent History and the Present Reality of Living under Occupation

A controversy surrounding the construction of a mosque on indigenous lands in Bangladesh reveals how nationalist narratives hide and disregard the realities of military-led and exploitative tourism that continues to harm the region’s indigenous communities.

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Belonging Otherwise: The Violence of Property

Modern property rights are neither fixed nor natural. Instead, they are historically constituted and legally enforced through dispossession and remain tied to unequal societal relations, shaping every aspect of our social belonging.

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Stolen Futures: How Collective Punishment Affects the Bawm Community of Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, the Bawm Indigenous community is subject to an indefinite collective punishment, which operates through both spatial and temporal control.

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On Indigenous Persecution in Bangladesh

We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the senseless, brutal attack on unarmed student protesters who are demanding recognition of Indigenous rights. These attacks have left scores injured, with some rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The attack took place at a time when Bangladesh is embarking on a journey towards restoring democracy. In

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