The petition has gained over 2000 supporters, which is amazing, so thank you to everyone who has signed it. Do please share it on social media if you are willing and it is safe for you to do so. The more public support we can demonstrate the better. As you will see from the recent worrying news from the CHT, indigenous women and those involved in supporting the Marma sisters are still at risk of being targeted and silenced. Update: Indigenous Women Human Rights Defenders abducted Yesterday (Sunday 18 March) morning about 9:30am, two young Jumma indigenous women leaders, Monty Chakma and Dayasona Chakma, were abducted at gunpoint in Rangamati District of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. Unidentified abductors are reported to have arrived in a vehicle of security forces. New Age, a national daily, wrote: "Monty Chakma was a close witness to incidents before and after killing college student Romel Chakma in police custody and Dayasona had visited the two Marma sisters at Rangamati hospital several times when they were admitted there in tight security after being ‘raped and molested,’" 2 hill women leaders abducted at gunpoint New Age Bangladesh, 19/3/18 http://www.newagebd.net/article/37040/two-hill-women-leaders-abducted-blockade-on-khagrachari-rangamati-road#sthash.9w5w2EIs.gbpl Background to Romel Chakma case mentioned Bangladesh: Cruel killing of Romel Chakma: Media coverage, statement of Army & Police and Propaganda http://iphrdefenders.net/bangladesh-cruel-killing-romel-chakma-media-coverage-statement-army-police-propaganda/