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Lemkin Institute, Bangladeshi diaspora call for formal recognition of 1971
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 26 (ANI): As Bangladesh remembers the victims of 'Operation Searchlight', Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) has urged the US and the international community to recognize the 1971 genocide of Bangladeshis by Pakistan and take immediate action again
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Bangladesh High Commission observes blackout to mark genocide day
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 26 (ANI): High Commission of India in Bangladesh pays solemn tribute with a blackout of the Chancery complex to honour the sacrifice of untold millions of Bangladeshi people killed and women assaulted during 'Operation Searchlight' 51 years ago, said the Mission in
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Pak trying to discredit Lemkin Institute's statement on 1971 genocide
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 19 (ANI): Pakistan is trying to discredit the US-based Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (LIGP) statement that reiterated the horrors of the genocide of 1971.
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Can never forget Pakistan's genocidal campaign against Bangladeshi people
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Commemorating the 50 years of Liberation War in Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Thursday said no one can forget the genocidal campaign launched by the Pakistani forces against the people of Bangladesh in 1971.
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Sexual assault during conflicts must be prosecuted as war crime, says expe
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 1 (ANI): On the night of March 25, 1971, the Pakistani army started the now infamous 'Operation Searchlight' in which they killed students, intellectuals, and civilians in Bangladesh. Thousands of Bengali women were raped by the Pakistani army. The idea was to brutally
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Bangladeshi Americans recall horror of March 25, 1971, demand apology from
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 26 (ANI): A US-based Bangladeshi organisation, Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM), held a car rally on Thursday, followed by a protest outside the Pakistani Embassy in Washington DC demanding an apology for the 1971 genocide named 'Operation Search
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Protests to be held across Bangladesh to observe 'Genocide Day'
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 25 (ANI) Protests will be held at 34 spots across Bangladesh on Thursday to mark 'Genocide Day' in memory of the three million people killed by Pakistani forces during the 1971 Liberation War.
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Genocide by Pakistan Army in former East Pakistan needs to be globally rec
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 15 (ANI): It is matter of shame that the genocide committed by Pakistan in Bangladesh 50 years ago, which killed more than the holocaust and was aimed at changing ethnicity of a group, is yet to be globally recognised, according to a Paris-based think tank.
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Protest outside Pak mission in Washington, demonstrators demand apology fo
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 14 (ANI): A US-based Bangladeshi organisation along with other South Asian minorities held a protest outside the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, demanding an apology for the 1971 'genocide' named Operation Searchlight.
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