Bangladesh urges UK to recognise 1971 genocid

[Loafer]

Bangladesh has urged the UK to officially recognise the 1971 genocide and return the convicted war criminal living in the country.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam made the request to the visiting British state minister for UN and Commonwealth Lord Tariq Ahmad on Tuesday in a meeting, the foreign ministry said.

War criminal Mueen Uddin Chowdhury is now living in the UK.

The foreign ministry, however, did not say anything about what was the minister's response to the request.

For the first time this year, Bangladesh nationally observed Mar 25 as Genocide Day commemorating those killed by the Pakistani occupation forces on that night in 1971.

Bangladesh is also lobbying with the United Nations for the global recognition of the day.

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ICSF campaigns for Bangladesh genocide recognition in Australia
Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com

Published: 2017-07-23 23:29:17.0 BdST Updated: 2017-07-23 23:29:17.0 BdST

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A four-member team of the International Crimes Strategy Forum (ICSF) has campaigned in Australia for the recognition of the Bangladesh 1971 genocide.

The ICSF is an independent global network of academics, experts and activists working in the interest of justice for the victims of international crimes.

For the first time this year, Bangladesh nationally observed Mar 25 as ‘Genocide Day’ commemorating those killed by the Pakistani occupation forces on that night in 1971.

Bangladesh is also lobbying with the United Nations for the global recognition of the day.

The ICSF in a statement on Sunday said their team comprising of Dr Ahmed Ziauddin, Dr Rayhan Rashid, M Sanjeeb Hossain and Barrister Shah Ali Farhad attended the 13th Meeting of the International Association of Genocide Scholars in Brisbane before their community engagement programmes in three Australian cities – Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra.

This was the largest conference relating to genocide issues in the world.

They presented papers on the understanding and recognition of genocide in the context of Bangladesh.

Apart from presenting papers, ICSF carried out “extensive” engagement with around 200 fellow scholars on genocide and activists from around the world for international recognition of the 1971 Bangladesh genocide, as part of its ‘#Recognise1971Genocide’ campaign.

They also collected video messages from scholars, academics and experts attended the conference in support of international recognition of the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide.

The ICSF’s documentary titled: “1971: A Creed for Justice” was also screened during a meeting with the Bangladesh expatriates in Brisbane.

On July 17, two members of ICSF participated in a seminar organised by 'Bangladesh Studies Circle' titled: "National Prosecution of International Crimes: The Example of International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh" at the Western Sydney University, Sydney.

Two days later, a member of the team also made a presentation at the University of Canberra on "Global Recognition of Bangladesh Genocide: Strategic Considerations" in a discussion session titled: "Genocide and Humanity".

ICSF members also carried out engagement with Bangladeshi expatriates and Australian-Bangladeshis at both Sydney and Canberra.

On the night of Mar 25 in 1971, the Pakistan army launched 'Operation Searchlight', a brutal and barbaric military assault on an unsuspecting population to crush the Bengali movement for rights and justice that had turned into a fight for freedom in the face of persistent denials.

After nine months of the bloody war, Bangladesh emerged as an independent nation on the world map on Dec 16.

Over three million people were killed and a quarter of a million women and young girls were dishonoured.
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[Whitefalcon90]

Traitors, bangladeshis should become hindus again.

 

[Chris Logan]

Its funny how if it werent for the insistence of the Bengali people Pakistan would never have existed.

If you cant learn from your mistakes you are doomed to repeat them in FATA and Balochistan.

 

[Safriz]

Rubbish.
My uncle and grandpa were shot dead in their house by Mukti Bahini. In front of the rest of their family.
They also shot my aunt but she survived but suffered bullet wound scars .
The family only Crime was being ethnic west Pakistanis.
Likewise thousands of non Bengalis were killed and tortured by Mukti Bahini as an ethnic cleansing.
Why not recognise that as genocide?

 

[EastBengalPro]

Rubbish.
My uncle and grandpa were shot dead in their house by Mukti Bahini. In front of the rest of their family.
They also shot my aunt but she survived but suffered bullet wound scars .
The family only Crime was being ethnic west Pakistanis.
Likewise thousands of non Bengalis were killed and tortured by Mukti Bahini as an ethnic cleansing.
Why not recognise that as genocide?

What else did you expect in a war situation?

Even today, every Bangladeshi Family had someone being shot and dead by the then Pak military in 1971.

those non bengalis were fighting with Mukti bahini with weapons, due to them It took till March, 1972 to free some areas including Mirpur. Again what the freedom fighters were supposed to do? Serving them with biryani?

 

[Centaur]

Traitors, bangladeshis should become hindus again.

Don't forget that , real traitors ( they are very few and they are Indian dalal)in Bangladesh still aren't successful spreading such propaganda effectively only because of common folks of bangladesh, who were ( most of Bengali was supporter of their mother land Pakistan in1971 India Pakistan war) front line patriot Pakistani , and they were not traitor.

Only more or less than 5% peoples believe in such propaganda and rest are completely unaware about such BS.
Show some respect to your blood brothers who are now separated because you( west pakistan) was center of power and they failed to prevent Indian army and indian propaganda.

Even today, every Bangladeshi Family had someone being shot and dead by the then Pak military in 1971.

The problem is, I never ever heard any such people in my life outside from books (written by paid agents of india),drama and Cinema based on 1971 .
What an irony .
Never heard of any martyr of so called freedom war ( mukti thugs in reality) ,Neither in my area nor in my maternal area.
Also don't know about such aliens from any relatives and their relatives .
And after my marriage never heard of such angelic God like figures who gave there life for the Holy mythologcal war (propogated by India) in my wife's area ,neither from her relatives area too.
But since I was a child our text books repeatedly taught us about how monster looking the Pakistani and razakars are.
Saw even many posters ( both BNP &BAL regime) on walls saw the so called murderer looks like mythological horned demons .
Yet in real life found those people ( razakars) wearing panjabi pajama ,with long beard are the most polite and gentlemen ,whom we learned to hate because of those pictures of horned demons.
And demon king yahyaha was a nightmare to me ,but when i saw the real picture of yahyha for the first time ,I was surprised when I saw the gentleman is handsome and don't look like a demon or dew .
Oh boy what a confusion . Myth lies, false propaganda still rules some bengali brain and that's why they can't stop thinking on such imaginary stuffs made by R&AW .
Wake up and try to find the reality . If every bangladeshi family has someone who is shot in 1971 then why we don't see them?
Why shahriar murgi kabir and jafar Iqbal ,humayun Azad type peoples are the sole agent of so called freedom fight who fled to India during the civil war?
Chetona has already washed a part of new generation bangladeshi .
Finally demons live in mythology so don't mix it with real life until every family assure you about the so called victim hood hoax!

 

[Chris Logan]

Rubbish.
My uncle and grandpa were shot dead in their house by Mukti Bahini. In front of the rest of their family.
They also shot my aunt but she survived but suffered bullet wound scars .
The family only Crime was being ethnic west Pakistanis.
Likewise thousands of non Bengalis were killed and tortured by Mukti Bahini as an ethnic cleansing.
Why not recognise that as genocide?

There is unfortunately Reprisals happen after atrocities. Horrible atrocities happend on both sides. The Pakistani institution kept the Urdu speaking communities as an elite, much like how India kept the Kashmiri Pandits and Isreal keeps its settlers. If the oppressed communities gain power, do you not think they would want vengeance?:

At the end we must learn to accept each other and learn to live in peace.

 

[Safriz]

What else did you expect in a war situation?

Even today, every Bangladeshi Family had someone being shot and dead by the then Pak military in 1971.

those non bengalis were fighting with Mukti bahini with weapons, due to them It took till March, 1972 to free some areas including Mirpur. Again what the freedom fighters were supposed to do? Serving them with biryani?

How old are you kid?
Talking as if you were there in 1971?
Mukti Bahini continuef killing and raping many years after Pakistan army surrendered and left.
And which Bengali families you are on about? I been there multiple tines. And most people regret separation from Pakistan as now Bangladesh is India's bicch.

 

[Sully3]

Bangladesh in 2018 is just another state of India with its foreign policy being written in New Delhi.

Till Sheikh Hessina apologises to Pakistan for her unwarranted mud slinging we dont want to have anything to do with this "Indian state"

 

[American Pakistani]

What else did you expect in a war situation?

Even today, every Bangladeshi Family had someone being shot and dead by the then Pak military in 1971.

those non bengalis were fighting with Mukti bahini with weapons, due to them It took till March, 1972 to free some areas including Mirpur. Again what the freedom fighters were supposed to do? Serving them with biryani?

I've met tons of Bengalis here in US, nobody knows anyone whose someone was killed or raped. So take your propaganda elsewhere.

 

[Safriz]

There is unfortunately Reprisals happen after atrocities. Horrible atrocities happend on both sides. The Pakistani institution kept the Urdu speaking communities as an elite, much like how India kept the Kashmiri Pandits and Isreal keeps its settlers. If the oppressed communities gain power, do you not think they would want vengeance?:

At the end we must learn to accept each other and learn to live in peace.

It wasn't as simple as that. Before 1947 in today's Pakistan most high ranking position in government were kept by British themselves. Then Hindu and then very few Muslims. But Muslims did have good jobs in areas like Delhi, Lukhnow and Hindu majority areas of British empire. It was part of their divide and rule theory. Employ Hindu to rule Muslims, employ Muslims to rule Hindu and rule them all.
When Pakistan and India came into being. The Muslims who migrated to east and west Pakistan already had to qualification and experience to do most high skilled and management jobs, local population were mainly farmers and landlords with no experience of governance.
That's why " Urdu speaking" were doctors,engineers and government administration soon after independence .
Locals only started education after a few years in 50 s and until mid 60s they had required qualifications but no experience.

 

[Chris Logan]

It wasn't as simple as that. Before 1947 in today's Pakistan most high ranking position in government were kept by British themselves. Then Hindu and then very few Muslims. But Muslims did have good jobs in areas like Delhi, Lukhnow and Hindu majority areas of British empire. It was part of their divide and rule theory. Employ Hindu to rule Muslims, employ Muslims to rule Hindu and rule them all.
When Pakistan and India came into being. The Muslims who migrated to east and west Pakistan already had to qualification and experience to do most high skilled and management jobs, local population were mainly farmers and landlords with no experience of governance.
That's why " Urdu speaking" were doctors,engineers and government administration soon after independence .
Locals only started education after a few years in 50 s and until mid 60s they had required qualifications but no experience.

absolutely and we must accept history for closure, the Pak Army did rape and murder Bengalis in 1971 and as revenge the Muktis did the same. Biharis born today should be intergrated into the Bengali community and Pakistanis must understand why Bengalis wanted independence. If you do not successfully intergrate all your citizens, India will take advantage of it like it did with the Mukti Bahinis

 

[Hassan Guy]

Fake news.
None of that explains THIS Pakistani SS brigade

Seriously tho, the British had east bengal colonized a lot longer than we had.

The British are responsible for the bengal famine during WW2 which killed way more Bengalis than the war in 71, and y'all are urging THEM to recognize the "genocide" in 71!?

Yo wtf man.

 

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It wasn't as simple as that. Before 1947 in today's Pakistan most high ranking position in government were kept by British themselves. Then Hindu and then very few Muslims. But Muslims did have good jobs in areas like Delhi, Lukhnow and Hindu majority areas of British empire. It was part of their divide and rule theory. Employ Hindu to rule Muslims, employ Muslims to rule Hindu and rule them all.
When Pakistan and India came into being. The Muslims who migrated to east and west Pakistan already had to qualification and experience to do most high skilled and management jobs, local population were mainly farmers and landlords with no experience of governance.
That's why " Urdu speaking" were doctors,engineers and government administration soon after independence .
Locals only started education after a few years in 50 s and until mid 60s they had required qualifications but no experience.

Bangladeshis of that time had many educated people.Let us confess without making any excuses that our discrimination (and hatred/racism) towards the East Pakistan was unjust. Moreover, After the first acceptable elections (in terms of fairness), PPP lost. The elite of West Pakistan (Military[Yahya wanting to stay president] and Politician[ Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto]) must have given the right to rule both East and West Pakistan to Awami League. But, Alas! our wrong policies distanced us from our own. We have also killed many innocents on their side... But their hands are also dirty. In civil war, both sides spill blood. I don't blame them-It was us who made them treacherous.

But, I also do not understand the allegations set forward towards us by the state of Bangladesh. The facts and figures they cry about are grossly exaggerated. Many innocent people were also killed by their so called freedom fighters. Many atrocities were done by someone else and the blame was put on Pakistani Forces. Manipulation of India and support of India in Mukhti Bani (and similar organizations) did not help either. Anyway, now look at the sorry state of the country. Bangladesh needs course correction and sort out its affairs. I wish it the very best. Please do not drag us (Pakistan) into your politics too and become politically, economically & militarily independent.

After the war, Many people who migrated to Bangladesh departed with sadness and hoped that when it becomes politically stable, they can again be united. And I think the same situation must be present there in Bangladesh with the West Pakistani people.