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Propaganda against Jumma people

Foreign journalists, tourists and even Bangladesh journalists were prohibited to visit the CHT. There was censorship with regard to CHT, as repression and oppression being perpetrated on the people of CHT by Bangladesh government and also in fear of the truth about self-determination for the people of CHT might be published in the news items. The main causes behind the control and censor of news on CHT were - (1) to detach the CHT from home and abroad; (2) to implement the government-sponsored population migration programme secretly; (3) to conceal human rights violation committed upon the Jumma people and (4) to execute the ethnic cleansing programme secretly. On the other hand, the government propagated against the just movement of the Jumma people through government-backed journalists, newspapers, radio-television etc. For this purpose, the army sponsored dozens of daily, weekly and monthly newspapers. Several books and magazines were also published in Bengali and English from CHT with the direct financial support of army. These newspaper and books were supplied free. The PCJSS movement was always identified as terrorist and separatist activities. Following newspapers and books were published during the 80s and 90s are as follows:


SL.

Name of publication

Places from where published

Year started

Editor

  1.  

Daily Giridarpan

Rangamati

1981

Makchud Ahmed

  1.  

Weekly Banabhumi

Rangamati

1978

Makchud Ahmed

  1.  

Weekly Samata

Khagrachari

1979

Kazi Khalilur Rahman

  1.  

Weekly Parbati

Khagrachari

1989

Jatindra Lal Tripura

  1.  

Weekly Chabuk

Manikchari

1990

Golam Mostafa

  1.  

Weekly Giribarta

Khagrachari

1985

Md. Habibur Rahman Majumdar

  1.  

Fortnightly Maini

Dighinala

-

Akhtar Uddin Mukul

  1.  

Fortnightly Parbatyabhumi

Manikchari, Khagrachari

1990

Rajib Roy

  1.  

Fortnightly Aditi

Kawkhali, Rangamati

1991

M. G. Mian

  1.  

Fortnightly Rupashi Kaptai

Kaptai, Rangamati

1991

Kazi Misharaf Hossain

  1.  

Monthly Shikhar

Khagrachari

1987

Tarun Kumar Bhatyachariya

  1.  

Monthly Matiranga Barta

Matiranga, Khagrachari

1990

M. M. Kamal

  1.  

Monthly Chengi Darpan

Panchari, Khagrachari

1991

Jnana Prabhat Chakma

  1.  

Monthly Aranyak

Longadu

1991

Chowdhury Ataur Rahman

  1.  

Upaban

Ramgarh

-

-

  1.  

Anwesha

Rangamati Hill District Local Govt. Council

-

Jnaendu Bikash Chakma

  1.  

Prarthita Prahar

Khagrachari Hill District Local Govt. Council

-

Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan

  1.  

Shantir Anweshai

Bandarban Hill District Local Govt. Council

-

-

  1.  

Sarathi Sankalan

Kaptai, Rangamati

-

-

  1.  

Prasanga Parbatya Chattagram, Ekono Sharajantra

Khagrachari

-

Siniti Bikash Chakma, Rana Bikram Tripura, Chathowai Aung Marma & Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan

  1.  

Paharer Katha

Manikchari

1991

Golam Mostafa

  1.  

Nibante Banabhumi

Rangamati

-

Mukchad Ahmed

  1.  

Unnayan Swarak

Khagrachari

-

Mongmui Thui Marma

  1.  

Zela Barshapurti Swaranika

Khagrachari

1984

Jalal Ahmad

The publication of all the newspapers and books mentioned above except Daily Giridarpan and Weekly Banabhumi were stopped. The Daily Giridarpan and Weekly Banabhumi still are propagating against the PCJSS and Jumma people as well. Side by side, the army is also still continuing anti-propaganda in national dailies through using some pocket reporters in three hill districts.
The flow of propagandas by the military forces and government machineries is still continuing more or less in the region. In spite of all efforts, the military forces did not succeed in concealing their heinous barbarities from the conscience of whole country and the world. It happened, as the Jumma people followed the true and just path. The democratic, humanitarian and progressive powers including medias in home and abroad had always been with the Jumma People even who are still with them.

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