The Tyranny of the Majority in Bangladesh: The Case of the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Yasmin, Lailufar

doi:10.1080/13537113.2014.879769

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“…They are different from the mainstream Bengali community due to their distinct physical attributes, cultures, livelihoods, and religions (e.g. Cultural Survival, 1987; D’Costa, 2014; Dowlah, 2013; Jamil and Panday, 2008; Uddin, 2016; Yasmin, 2014).…”

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“…Consequently, indigenous peoples continue to live with fear and insecurity, in addition to their frustration over the non-implementation of the CHT Accord (Amnesty International, 2013;Chakma, 2018;Jamil and Panday, 2008;Uddin, 2016;Yasmin, 2014).…”

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“…However, the post-Accord period has witnessed many incidents of massacres, communal violence, arrests, extrajudicial killings, and forced assimilation. Consequently, indigenous peoples continue to live with fear and insecurity, in addition to their frustration over the non-implementation of the CHT Accord (Amnesty International, 2013; Chakma, 2018; Jamil and Panday, 2008; Uddin, 2016; Yasmin, 2014).…”

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Does Political Security Matter? A Study on the Life Satisfaction of Indigenous Peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Chakma

2022

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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Does political security influence the life satisfaction of indigenous peoples of Bangladesh? This study has addressed this research question using a survey dataset ( N = 384) that contains a set of variables about the political security and life satisfaction of indigenous peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh. This study offers fresh insights into how political insecurity, which has resulted from government repression and systematic violation of human rights, decreases the life satisfaction of indigenous peoples of the CHT. More precisely, indigenous peoples who feel they do not have their right to liberty, freedom of movement, freedom of speech, and the right to participation are more likely to be dissatisfied with their lives than those who report they enjoy these political rights. Overall, the findings of this research suggest that a negative relationship exists between the denial of fundamental freedoms and civil liberties and life satisfaction.

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Does Political Security Matter? A Study on the Life Satisfaction of Indigenous Peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Chakma

2022

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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“…Interestingly, the imposed nationhood over Indigenous people represents the over emphasised influence of Bangalee identity -denying any 'other' identity in Bangladesh. Yasmin (2014) connects the oriental construction of 'otherness' to Indigenous people of the CHT, where other is considered as different, primitive, barbaric, or wild, or specifically who are not like Bangalee. Promoting this 'otherness' to grab more tourists is a derogatory idea where the Indigenous people are still fighting to attain their rights and identity in own lands.…”

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Development and Culture in the Context of Chittagong Hill Tracts (Cht), Bangladesh

Rosy

2021

Soc. Sci. Rev.

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This paper aims to understand the background of development and draws a link to culture in the context of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) - a post conflict region – to explore how the dispossession and commercialisation of culture in development planning is processing tension between different actors by reviewing secondary literature. The Indigenous people of Bangladesh have a longstanding history of struggle to achieve self-determination due to their institutional reference as ‘tribes’ or ‘ethnic minorities’. Denial of Indigenous peoples’ identity contributes to their discrimination and violation within the existing development concerns. The specific structural regulations and resource mobilization activities resulting from institutions – government, military, and powerful individuals - in areas inhabited by Indigenous people reflect the asymmetrical relations between Indigenous peoples and Bangalee actors. The conflict started in this region with the mobilization of ethnic majority Bangalee through the settlement programs in 1970s as a part of ‘development’ project, which later created tensions in this region due to the exploitation of people, land, and culture. As the government and ongoing military presence greatly shape ‘development’ for local people, the power relations between different actors facilitate the various forms of exploitative development projects. In addition, the ignorance towards integration of culture in development projects results in imposing threats to Indigenous peoples’ lives, livelihoods, and access to resources. This paper focuses on the economic expansions in this region from modernist perspectives drawing the example of tourism development in the CHT, which can marginalize and exploit Indigenous people in the making of ‘development’, Social Science Review, Vol. 37(2), Dec 2020 Page 87-103

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State Fragility and Violent Extremism in Bangladesh

Mostofa

2023

Dynamics of Violent Extremism in South Asia

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The Tyranny of the Majority in Bangladesh: The Case of the Chittagong Hill Tracts

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Does Political Security Matter? A Study on the Life Satisfaction of Indigenous Peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Does Political Security Matter? A Study on the Life Satisfaction of Indigenous Peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Development and Culture in the Context of Chittagong Hill Tracts (Cht), Bangladesh

State Fragility and Violent Extremism in Bangladesh

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