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Geneva: Bangladeshi activists dub BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami as "collaborators o
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
They held a demonstration and banner campaign during the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
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Geneva: Rights advocates call for recognising 1971 Bangladesh genocide by
Updated : 2 years, 4 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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Pakistan should formally declare 1971 atrocities as genocide: Dutch activi
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Bommel headed a three-member European team to investigate the genocide committed by Pakistan in 1971 and also appealed to Islamabad to clear its stance on the issue.
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1971 genocide by Pakistan army will get global recognition: Ex-Dutch Minis
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"Even if it takes a hundred years to get global recognition of the Armenian Genocide, I hope it will not take that long in the case of the Bangladeshi Genocide. We want to have it within a few years, not even decades", Bommel told a press conference at Jatiya press club in Dhaka.
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Dutch politician leads fact-finding mission to Bangladesh to investigate g
Updated : 2 years, 9 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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