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Call for justice and recognition of 1971 Bangladesh genocide intensifies
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
With eyewitness accounts and advocacy from human rights activists, researchers, and former legislators, the push for international recognition and justice for the victims of the genocide, which resulted in an estimated three million deaths, is gaining momentum.
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Experts, intellectuals hold Pakistan accountable for its war crimes of 197
Updated : 2 years ago IST
A webinar titled 'Recognition of the Bangladesh Genocide' was organised by the Bangladesh History Olympiad and Mukto Ashor, a prominent non-governmental organisation from Bangladesh on Sunday.
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Geneva: Rights advocates call for recognising 1971 Bangladesh genocide by
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
An event was organised, on the sidelines of the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), by Global Human Rights Defence, an international Non-Governmental Organisation based in The Hague, Netherlands.
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US: Bangladeshi diaspora protest outside UN building as Pakistan interim P
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
At the protest held outside the UN headquarters on Friday, the protestors demanded recognition by the United Nations Bangladesh of the 1971 genocide.
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Documentary reveals the story of forgotten genocide in Bangladesh
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The brutal genocide in Bangladesh by Pakistani armed forces which continues to haunt the nation even after more than half a century, was revealed in detail in the documentary by Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) in the Human Rights Film Festival at The Hague.
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European Parliament hosts event on Bangladesh Genocide of 1971
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The European Parliament hosted an event, titled 'The Forgotten Genocide: Bangladesh 1971', on July 3 to underscore the true nature of the atrocities committed by the Pakistan Army and its local collaborators 52 years ago can no longer be ignored, Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) reporte
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Global Human Rights Defence raises awareness of 1971 Bangladesh genocide a
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Conference, organized by Global Human Rights Defence and presided over by Member of European Parliament Mel Fulvio Martusciello, brought together 65 participants, including speakers from various fields, all united in their commitment to seeking recognition for the victims of the 1971 Ban
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Pakistani atrocities in Bangladesh in 1971 amount to genocide: Report
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The war crimes committed by the Pakistan against the Bengalis, especially Hindus in what was then East Pakistan, amount to no less than a genocide and the perpetrators should be brought to justice, a think tank named Gatestone Institute said in its report.
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European Bangladesh Forum express determination to draw attention towards
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
At the conference on Monday, EBF leaders expressed firm determination to continue efforts to draw the attention of the world community to the genocide and to stand with the victims of atrocities conducted by the Pakistani army during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
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Dutch politician leads fact-finding mission to Bangladesh to investigate g
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Dutch politician and former Member of Parliament Harry van Bommel, along with a European delegation is on a visit to Bangladesh from May 20-26, where the delegation will investigate the genocide committed by Pakistan in 1971.
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UK: Forum demands immediate international recognition of Bangladesh genoci
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
At the international symposium organized by the European Bangladesh Forum (EBF) in the seminar room of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London on Tuesday, speakers reiterated their demand for immediate international recognition of the genocide committed in 197
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Bangladesh demanding UN to declare March 25 as World Genocide Day: Deputy
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"Since 2017, we've been observing this day as genocide day of Bangladesh. We've been pursuing 2 things from UN, to declare this as world genocide day and recognition of what happened in Bangladesh in 1971 as a genocide," Elias said.
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