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Community Seminar on the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh Held in Rangamati

On 08-09 February 2014, Kapaeeng Foundation (KF) and the CHT Headmen Network organized a community seminar on the human rights issues of indigenous peoples in Bangladesh at SAS Seminar Room in Rangamati.

Kapaeeng, PASKOP and BIWN organize a Leadership Training on Basic Human Rights and Women Rights

On 20-21 November 2013 Kapaeeng Foundation (KF), Patro Samprodai Kallayan Parishad (PASKOP) and Bangladesh Indigenous Women’s Network (BIWN) with the support of the International Labour Organization (ILO) organized a two day long “Regional Women Leadership Training on Basic Human Rights and Women Rights program” at FIVDB Training Centre in Sylhet.

Land rights of indigenous Tripura community will be protected, says ABM Abul Kashem MP

Community Seminar at Sitakunda: On 14-15 June 2013 a community seminar titled ‘Community Seminar on ILO Convention 107 and 169 and Human Rights Documentation of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Chittagong Region’ was organized by Kapaeeng Foundation at Sitakundo Regional Training Center under Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong district, supported by ILO. Mr. ABM Abul Kashem MP, Chairman of […]

Indigenous leaders urge govt to take effective measures to implement the CHT Accord and to protect human rights of IPs as per its commitment to the UPR

Indigenous leaders of Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples Forum (BIPF) and Kapaeeng Foundation (KF) urged the government to take effective measures to implement CHT Accord and to protect human rights of indigenous peoples as per its commitment in the second cycle of Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council on Bangladesh held on 29 April […]

5th AGM of Kapaeeng Foundation held successfully in Dhaka

On 25-26 January 2013 the 5th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Kapaeeng Foundation (KF) took places at the CBCB Center in Dhaka. Total 50 participants attended this meeting and amongst them 30 members of KF organizational representative and 20 members from the Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights Defenders Network, Bangladesh Indigenous Women’s Network and Indigenous Youth […]

Human rights violation against indigenous peoples alarming in 2012, says Kapaeeng Foundation report

Human rights violations against indigenous peoples, including reported cases of violence, land grabbing and dispossession, intensified alarmingly in 2012, says a Kapaeeng Foundation report. In 2012, 16 people including 7 women were reported to be killed and 23 were either arrested or detained throughout the year whereas around 150 were tortured or intimidated, and around […]

BIWN & HWF organise human chain demanding justice for Kalpana Chakma in Dhaka

On 5 January 2012 at 11:00 am Bangladesh Indigenous Women’s Network (BIWN) and Hill Women’s Federation (HWF) organised human chain demanding justice for Kalpana Chakma in front of National Museum at Shahbag in Dhaka. BIWN and HWF rejected CID’s final report on the case of abduction of Kalpana Chakma and demanded independent, impartial and credible […]