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NHRC chief decries non-recognition of indigenous
Thu, Jun 2nd, 2011 10:57 pm BdST
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Dhaka, June 2 (bdnews24.com) The Human Rights Commission chairman has said it would be the violation of international laws if the indigenous people are not recognised constitutionally.
"It'll be a clear violation of the international laws if we don't implement the international statutes that we've signed. Peace in the hills won't sustain this way," he said on Thursday.
His remarks came in the wake of government's 'denial' in recognising the country's indigenous people constitutionally.
Addressing a meeting at the National Press Club, he suggested that the mindset of both the state and the administration needed to be changed for the development of those people.
The discussion, titled 'Constitutional Recognition of the Indigenous: Land and Forest Rights', was arranged by a non-government organisation, Research and Development Collective (RDC).
The Bangladesh first secretary to the UN last week said the country had no indigenous population, but minorities.
At the 10th session of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York, Iqbal Ahmed shrugged off the allegation of dilly-dallying in executing the 1997 peace accord.
Mizanur said the 'collective ownership' issue was needed to be incorporated in the constitution to provide indigenous people the right to land and forests.
Ekatturer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee president Shahriar Kabir also echoed Mizanur's sentiment.
He demanded that the government recognise the indigenous people's right to study in their own language constitutionally.......
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The Bangladeshis are very concerned people of their rights and what is due to them.
The posts would also indicate their enthusiastic approach.
It is therefore surprising that they demand that everyone treats them fairly and all that and yet they do not see the dirty linen within or do anything about it.
It is no good blaming any Political Party for the neglect.
Both the Parties have been in power and so both are at fault.
How come our BD members do not remember of the adage - Doctor, Heal Thyself, when they piously pontificate that the world is against them or else they would be worldbeaters!