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Indigenous victims of Sajek Muslim attack

On 20 April 2008, the Bengali settlers backed by Bangladesh army attacked and burnt down 76 indigenous houses in Sajek. The aim of the attack was to drive out the indigenous villagers and grab their land. The indigenous victims survey their home after the attack

  1. 24-26 November 2008: Settlers attack and injure 10 indigenous people in Mahalchari
  2. 23 September 2008: Bangladesh army inhumanly tortures an indigenous youth at Down Nuopara in Belaichari
  3. 7 September 2008: Settlers try to grab a Buddhist temple at Sadhana Tila in Dhighinala
  4. 19 August 2008: Settlers kill an indigenous man and injure his wife at Sajek union of Baghaichari
  5. 15 August 2008:Bangladesh army launched military operation in Rowangchari of Bandarban
  6. 10 August 2008:Settlers grab indigenous land in Bandarban
  7. 9 August 2008:Settlers attack indigenous people at Gangaram Dore in Sajek
  8. 8 August 2008:Settlers clash with indigenous people over land in Chinginala of Khagrachari municipality
  9. 4 August 2008:Bangladesh army rape an indigenous women in Belaichari
  10. 2 August 2008: Settlers blockade Sultana Kamal at Baghaihat in Rangamati
  11. 26 July 2008: Settlers forcibly harvest from indigenous land
  12. 19 July 2008: Bangladesh army attempted to rape 15 year old indigenous girl in Ghilachari
  13. 8 July 2008: Bangladesh army tortures 3 indigenous villagers in Bilaichari
  14. 7 July 2008: Bangladesh army tortures to death an indigenous villager in Kangarachari
  15. 5 July 2008: Settlers torture 2 indigenous villagers in Babuchara, Dighinala
  16. 27 June 2008: Bangladesh army deliberately charged PCJSS leaders with murder case in Bandarban
  17. 24-26 June 2008: Settlers build home on Mongol Sen Chakma's land at Purbopara in Sajek
  18. 23 June 2008: A settler attempted to rape a 13 year old indigenous girl at Nalkata in Baghaichari
  19. 23 June 2008: Bangladesh army compels the indigenous people to trade with the settlers
  20. 3-4 June 2008: Settlers plant trees on forcibly grabbed land in Sajek union of Baghaichari
  21. 24-25 May 2008: Settlers incite communal riot in Baghaichari over the accidental death of a settler
  22. 17 May 2008: BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) torture 4 Chakma men in Logang
  23. 13 May 2008: Bangladesh army detains an ex-PCJSS man in Dighinala
  24. 11 May 2008: Sama Odhikar Andolon organizes seminar and demands re-establishment of army camps in CHT
  25. 11 May 2008: A settler illegally seize indigenous goods on the order of Bangladesh army
  26. 7 May 2008: Bangladesh army conducts search & destroy operation at Soileshchari in Naniarchar
  27. 6 May 2008: Bangladesh army tortures 5 Chakma men who came to enlist in voter list at Naniachar
  28. 5 May 2008: Bangladesh army detains and tortures 3 Chakma men at Pukirachara
  29. 19-20 April 2008: Communal riot over land grabbing in Sajek

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