Atrocities against humanity during the liberation war in Bangladesh: a case of genocide Wartadul Akmam Introduction Human achievements during the twentieth century in terms of science and technology are indeed significant and laudable. Nevertheless, the past century was “the bloodiest century in human history” (Forsythe, 1997, p 114). Scholars consider the twentieth century as “an … Read more
Preface The human tragedy that occurred in a small hamlet known as My Lai in South Vietnam is now being repeated in a whole country and upon a whole nation. A thousand My Lais are being perpetrated in Bangladesh every day, by the marauding trigger-happy gunmen from West Pakistan. On the conclusion of an extensive … Read more
India is particularly incensed over the present U.S. policy, and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi strongly protested to Henry Kissinger about U.S. military shipments when he visited New Delhi this month. The supply of arms by any country to Pakistan, Foreign Minister Swaran Singh charged last week, “amounts to condonation of genocide.” India is feeding the … Read more
During the campaign of terror in Bangladesh, the erstwhile East Pakistan, thousands of women are raped by West Pakistani soldiers. Now many victims have been shunned by their husbands and families. There were six soldiers in all. Two went into the room that had been built for the bridal couple. The others stayed behind with … Read more
United States Congressional Record In that letter, Dr. Rohde gives an eye witness account of the terror and killing by the West Pakistan Army upon the unarmed, civil population of the city of Dacca in East Bengal. The chief targets were the university, the populous Old City where Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his Awami LEague … Read more
United States Department of States Documents on Pakistani Genocide “HERE IN DACCA WE ARE MUTE AND HORRIFIED WITNESSES TO A REIGN OF TERROR BY THE PAK MILITARY. EVIDENCE CONTINUES TO MOUNT THAT THE MLA AUTHORITIES HAVE A LIST OF AWAMI LEAGUE SUPPORTERS WHOM THEY ARE SYSTEMATICALLY ELIMINATING BY SEEKING THEM OUT IN THEIR HOMES AND … Read more
Tanks and soldiers with submachine guns and grenades seized Dacca (Dhaka) University early in the morning on March 26. All students residing in Iqbal Hall, the dormitory center, were put to death. The building was gutted by shells from tanks. The above lines are just some excerpts from the magazine’s MAy 22 1971 issue. Read … Read more
3 million Bangladeshis in 1971 1915: 800,000 Armenians. 1933-45: 6 million Jews. 1971: 3 million Bangladeshis. 1972-75: 100,000 Hutu. The above lines are just some excerpts from the leading researcher on genocide issues – Leo Kuper. Part of that book is attached below. The full book will be shared here soon. Genocide – by Leo … Read more
The Sunday Times, June 13 1971, report by Anthony Mascarenhas is one of the most credible reports on the Pakistani genocide on Bangladesh. For reading convenience, we have a text based small sized pdf file, and a scanned copy of the original report. The Sunday Times, June 13 1971.[Text based copy; small file size;] The … Read more