Kalpana Chakma

WRITE FOR RIGHT BANGLADESH KALPANA CHAKMA 18 YEARS, NO JUSTICE Kalpana Chakma was the organising secretary of the Hill Women’s Federation, which campaigns for the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. In the early hours of 12 June 1996, she and two of her brothers were abducted from their home by plain-clothed security officers. Her brothers Kalindi and Lal managed to escape and identified their three captors by name. However, the police failed to investigate. Kalpana Chakma, 23 at the time, has never been seen since. Despite an agreement signed 15 years ago, the Pahari Indigenous peoples are still waiting for the Bangladeshi government to restore traditional lands in the eastern Chittagong Hill Tracts. Tens of thousands are still landless and trapped in violent clashes with Bengali settlers. In January 2013 a Bangladeshi court demanded a new investigation into the case but the police have yet to submit a report. www.amnesty.org.uk/kalpana