Bangladesh urges UN to declare March 25 as World Genocide Day
Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner Andalib Elias on Saturday stated Bangladesh has been traumatic the United Nations to claim March 25 as World Genocide Day.
“Since 2017, we`ve been watching at the moment because the genocide day of Bangladesh. We’ve been pursuing matters from UN, to claim this as international genocide day and popularity of what took place in Bangladesh in 1971 as a genocide,” Elias stated.
On December 16, 1971, Pakistan Army surrendered to a joint India-Bangladesh force, officially making Bangladesh a brand new kingdom below the management of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman.
“On at the moment (March 25) in 1971, Pakistan military attacked unarmed human beings withinside the midnight and killed enormous quantities of human beings and in the subsequent 9 months, they killed 9 million human beings in Bangladesh. This is one of the maximum brutal genocides ever,” the Bangladeshi Deputy High Commissioner stated.
Meanwhile, International Forum for Secular Bangladesh (IFSB) Switzerland bankruptcy on Saturday held demonstrations on the Broken Chair rectangular in the front of the UN constructing in Geneva traumatic popularity of the Bangladesh genocide perpetrated through the Pakistan Army in 1971.
A overall of 25 Bangladeshi diasporas from Europe accrued in the front of the United Nations workplace to are seeking for justice in opposition to the 1971 genocide through Pakistan and for its popularity through the global community.
‘Genocide Day’ has been located in Bangladesh given that 2017 in opposition to the atrocities devoted through the Pakistan Army on civilians at the night time of March 25, 1971, whilst it launched ‘Operation Searchlight’ in Dhaka to overwhelm the Bengali nationalist movement.
Leaders of all European Freedom Fighter Sangsad of Bangladesh, Awami League individuals of Switzerland, and different International NGOs additionally participated withinside the protest.
Tazul Islam, a Bangladesh freedom fighter from Zurich entreated the UN Human Rights Council to understand March 25 as “Bangladesh genocide day”.
Khalilur Rahman, Chairperson of the IFSB, Switzerland bankruptcy stated that BNP and Jamat are terrorists in Bangladesh.
Aminul Rahman Khusru, any other Bangladeshi freedom fighter from Frankfurt additionally condemned Pakistan Army for the genocide.
Mohsin Rahman Suman, Sahal Alam Agor, Suman Chakma, and Mohammad Mojammel, all energetic individuals of Switzerland Awami League raised slogans in opposition to BNP/Jamat and termed them as collaborators of the Genocide of Bengalis who had been related to Pakistan Army at some point of torture, sexual abuse, and mass killings in 1971 war.
The Broken Chair sculpture symbolizes each fragility and strength, imbalance and stability, violence, and dignity.
Broken Chair is the paintings of famend sculptor Daniel Berset in 1997 on the request of Humanity & Inclusion (the brand new call of Handicap International).
