chtnews.com News No. 117/2011, May 11, 2011
THE Jumma People’s Network-UK yesterday staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London to protest the recent attacks on indigenous Jumma villages in Ramgarh in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh.
Apart from JPN-UK members, the demonstration was also attended by Ansar Ahmed Ullah, a leader of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmal Committee; Kamal Rajapakse of Sinhala Foundation, Anura Seneviratan,
Alan Craig of Christian Peoples Alliance and D Brunetti.
The JPN-UK also handed in a petition addressed to the Foreign Secretary William Hague and a letter from Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) to an official of the ministry. A copy of the memo was also handed over to Mr. Jack Straw, former Home and Justice Secretary, who was present there.
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