Structural roots of violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Chakma, Bhumitra

Abstract

The continued violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh is rooted in the state's policy of erasing the ethnic identity of the indigenous people and usurping their land for settling Bengali-speaking populations. In this, Bangladesh has followed the same policy as Pakistan and used the army and state machinery to suppress and evict the local people from their land and livelihoods. Unless the structural roots of this violence are addressed by the Bangladesh state, the cycle of violence will not end.

Citation

Chakma, B. (2010). Structural roots of violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Economic and Political Weekly, 45(12), 19-21

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Acceptance Date: Mar 20, 2010
• Publication Date: Mar 20, 2010
• Journal: Economic and Political Weekly
• Print ISSN: 0012-9976
• Publisher: Economic & Political Weekly
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 19-21
• Book Title: Between Ashes and Hope: Chittagong Hill Tracts in the Blind Spot of Bangladesh Nationalism
• ISBN: 978-984-33-1982-1
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/400263
• Publisher URL: https://www.epw.in/journal/2010/12/commentary/structural-roots-violence-chittagong-hill-tracts.html
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