On March 18, Monti Chakma and Doyasona Chakma were abducted by a group of masked assailants in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), the rugged highlands that form Bangladesh’s southeastern border with Myanmar and India. The women are leaders of the
On a barren hilltop in the Balukhali refugee camp, not far from the border he crossed seven months ago, Muhammad Eleas has a panoramic view of what many consider a disaster waiting to happen. “When the rain comes,” he says,
The slum is about the size of a basketball court. Hidden behind a wall of corrugated iron, it is easily mistaken for a vacant lot or construction site, consisting of a series of sweatboxes, also made of corrugated iron, no