Cultural Survival Condemns Violence against Indigenous People in Bangladesh

Following the elimination of the term “Adivasi,” on January 15, Native pupils insisted and opposed that eliminating their Indigenous identity violates Bangladesh’s multi-ethnic democratic values and civils rights commitments. They have actually likewise demanded constitutional recognition and defenses for their background, society, and special heritage.

Social Survival prompts Bangladesh’s interim federal government to maintain the nation’s dedications to global human rights and Indigenous Peoples’ legal rights devices and declarations to guard Indigenous Peoples’ and areas’ security and integrity, as their need for acknowledgment within Bangladesh’s instructional system. Immediate activities have to be taken to hold wrongdoers responsible and to avoid additional discrimination and violence against Aboriginal areas.

Cultural Survival strongly condemns the violent strike on Native students and Aboriginal Peoples’ legal rights protestors’ objections on January 15, 2025, versus the removal of the term “Adivasi” (Indigenous in Bangla) from institution books in Bangladesh.

Social and information organizations state that the choice followed pressure from a group called “Pupils for Sovereignty,” which says that recognizing Indigeneity threatens Bangladesh’s territorial stability. Records also suggest this team supporters for terms like “Upojati” or “Khudro Nrigoshti” (small ethnic communities), undermining the globally acknowledged cumulative civil liberties of Aboriginal Peoples.