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News No. 92/2010, April 10, 2010
Speakers at a rally organised by the Hill Student’s Council (PCP) in observance of the Logang Massacre Day today in Panchari criticized the successive governments of Bangladesh for failing to bring the perpetrators of this deadly massacre to justice.
“While the government has formed a tribunal for the trial of the war criminals of 1971, it has utterly failed to ensure justice in the CHT. Not a single perpetrator of grave human rights violations has ever been punished in CHT. This is such a culture of impunity which encourages the army and settlers to continue to attack on the Jumma people.” the speakers said.
Held at Panchari College ground at 11:30am, the rally was presided over by Chandra Dev Chakma, President, Panchari Upazila Unit of PCP.
Anil Chakma, Member of Chengi Union Council, prominent elder of Panchari Jagadish Chakma, prominent elder of Pujgang Kala Chakma, prominent elder of Manikyapara Tapan Chakma, prominent elder from Dhudhukchara Sushil Chakma, Nicolas Chakma, President of DYF Panchari Unit and Sumen Chakma, General Secretary of PCP central committee also addressed the rally.
At the end of the rally the PCP took out a procession which paraded the main Upazila town. About 500 people, including members of PCP and DYF, took part in the rally and procession.
The then government of Khaleda Zia constituted a one-member inquiry committee headed by Justice Sultan Hossain Khan, and Mr. Khan submitted a report to the government.
The report was completely biased, one-sided and did not contain a grain of truth. Instead of making suggestions for the safety and security of the Jumma victims, it recommended that the attacker settlers should be provided more arms and training.
The Jumma organisations at the time trashed the report and urged the government to reconstitute an independent and impartial inquiry committee to identify the perpetrators.
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