The mass killing committed by the Pakistani occupation force during Bangladesh’s Liberation War is recognised as genocide by U.S.-based organizations ‘Genocide Watch’ and ‘Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention’.
Genocide Watch said the crimes committed by the Pakistani military junta against the Bengali people during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971 is a genocide, a foreign ministry press release said on Sunday (Feb 6).
Genocide Watch is a Washington DC-based NGO working to predict, prevent, stop, and punish genocide and other forms of mass murder.
Besides, on the occasion of the golden jubilee of Bangladesh, the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, another US-based organization, has also recognized the mass killing committed against the Bengali nation during the War of Liberation as genocide.
The organizations also urged the United Nations and international community to declare the mass killing that was committed in Bangladesh as genocide.
These recognitions will further accelerate the international support for the resolution which unanimously adopted by the Jatiyo Sangsad (National Parliament) on Mar 11, 2017, to recognize Mar 25 as Genocide Day, the release added.
On Mar 11, 2017, the Jatiyo Sangsad (National Parliament) unanimously adopted a resolution to observe Mar 25 as the ‘Gonohotya Dibosh’ (Day of Genocide) marking the brutality carried out by the Pakistani Army on the unarmed Bengalis on the black night of Mar 25, 1971.
