Bangladesh: PCJSS Rejects 15th Amendment Of Constitution And Terming Of Indigenous Peoples As ...

Bangladesh: PCJSS Rejects 15th Amendment Of Constitution And Terming Of Indigenous Peoples As 'Bengali'   PCJSS protested against terming indigenous peoples as ‘Bengali’ and non-recognition of indigenous peoples and Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Accord of 1997 in the Constitution. PCJSS rejected the Fifteen Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2011 and asked the government for its revision.   PCJSS leaders expressed their agitation in a large public meeting held on 8 July 2011 in Rangamati district...

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