Investigate arson attacks on indigenous people, Amnesty urges Bangladesh government

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) has urged Bangladesh government to conduct an investigation into Friday’s arson attacks on indigenous people in Longadu upazila of Rangamati.

AI also recommends the authorities to make the probe result public.

The rights body made the urges in a report published on its website on Monday.

Following the death of a local Jubo League man, several hundred people from different Bangalee-dominated unions brought out a procession carrying the body and attacked indigenous community houses in the three villages of Longadu on Friday morning. Some 200 homes and shops were burnt and damaged.

Source: dailysun