JUMMA PEOPLES NETWORK UK
Website: www.jpnuk.orh.uk; E-mail: Jpn_uk@hotmail.com
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Press Release by Jumma Peoples Network UK on the “Peaceful Demonstration in front of the High Commission of Bangladesh”.
A peaceful demonstration was carried out by Jumma Peoples Network in front of the Bangladesh High Commission in London on October 25th 2007, from 10 to 11 am. The event was to highlight the deteriorating situation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts & in particular rampant land-grabbing by settlers and military & false arrests of indigenous activists across the region.
The event was attended by: Ansar Ahmed (Bangladesh Hindu Buddha Christian Unity Council), Kamal Rajapakse (Sinhale Foundation), Wimal Ediriwira (Sri Lanka Association of Britain & Sinhala Centre), Ina Huma (Vanishing Rites), Dan Jones (Amnesty International, British Section) and Tissa Madawela (journalist); In total around thirty–five persons were present at the venue including members of the Jumma community.
At the end of the event a petition was delivered to the High Commission addressed to Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, chief advisor of the national care-taker government of Bangladesh.
Website: www.jpnuk.orh.uk; E-mail: Jpn_uk@hotmail.com
P R E S S R E L E A S E
Press Release by Jumma Peoples Network UK on the “Peaceful Demonstration in front of the High Commission of Bangladesh”.
A peaceful demonstration was carried out by Jumma Peoples Network in front of the Bangladesh High Commission in London on October 25th 2007, from 10 to 11 am. The event was to highlight the deteriorating situation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts & in particular rampant land-grabbing by settlers and military & false arrests of indigenous activists across the region.
The event was attended by: Ansar Ahmed (Bangladesh Hindu Buddha Christian Unity Council), Kamal Rajapakse (Sinhale Foundation), Wimal Ediriwira (Sri Lanka Association of Britain & Sinhala Centre), Ina Huma (Vanishing Rites), Dan Jones (Amnesty International, British Section) and Tissa Madawela (journalist); In total around thirty–five persons were present at the venue including members of the Jumma community.
At the end of the event a petition was delivered to the High Commission addressed to Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, chief advisor of the national care-taker government of Bangladesh.
