Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh
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1,200+ deaths[2][3][4] |
The Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh is an ongoing conflict between the government of Bangladesh and the PBCP and the PBCP-J.
History
The Purbo Banglar Communist Party was founded in 1968. During the Bangladesh Liberation War the group aligned itself with Pakistan and China against Bangladeshi nationalists and the Soviet Union.[5] [failed verification]
But only in the 1990s did he begin to be active in criminal activities (such as extortion, murder, kidnapping, to finance his armed struggle).[6] [failed verification] During the In 1993 the group started a war against the BCP for the control of the territory and for ideological differences (the BCP is only Maoist, instead the PBCP has become over the years a mixture of Maoism and Naxalitism).[7] In the 2000s the group underwent several splits, the most important, which took place in 2003, formed the PBCP-J group (Purga Banglar Communist Party-Janajuddha, that wants a socialist revolution) thus starting an internal conflict that will cause 18 victims.[8] In 2002, Gazi Kamrul, founder of BCP was detained from his residence, known as White House, by joint forces during Operation Clean Heart on 23 August 2002.[9] Since 2005 the PBCP began to extend its insurrection with terrorist attacks, clashes with the government and with rival groups and some Islamist groups.[10] [failed verification] In 2006 the PBCP-J also began to carry out attacks and to clash with the government.[11] Between 2005 and 2006, 379 peoples died in the insurgency.[12] After this period, the insurrection diminished in intensity from year to year with few incidents and clashes.
Casualties
Year | Deaths |
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1993 | 34 |
1994 | 8 |
1995 | 2 |
2000 | 3 |
2001 | 3 |
2002 | 43 |
2003 | 133 |
2004 | 212 |
2005 | 193 |
2006 | 186 |
2007 | 72 |
2008 | 54 |
2009 | 86 |
2010 | 39 |
2011 | 19 |
2012 | 10 |
2013 | 24 |
2014 | 12 |
2015 | 14 |
2016 | 17 |
2017 | 13 |
2018 | 8 |
2019 | 3 |
2020 | 2 |
2021 | 1 |
2022 | 0 |
Total | 1,191+[13][14] |
From 1993 to 2022 there were 1,191+ deaths in the insurgency. From the period 2003-2006 (the most violent period of the insurgency) there were 724 deaths.
See also
References
- ^ "Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), South Asia Terrorism Portal". www.satp.org. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
- ^ "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
- ^ "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
- ^ "Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP), South Asia Terrorism Portal". www.satp.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
- ^ Sikder, Siraj. "Exposure of the draft strategy and program of the so called East Bengal Communist party" (PDF). bannedthought.net. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
- ^ "Leftist Parties of Bangladesh". Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
- ^ Desk, Star National (2011-01-09). "Two outlaws held, one freed on bail: Arms recovered". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
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- ^ Hussain, Ahmede (12 March 2004). "Everything Falls Apart". Star Magazine. The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
- ^ "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Archived from the original on 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
- ^ "Datasheet - Left-wing Extremism". www.satp.org. Retrieved 2022-08-29.