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Hitchens not only claims that the term genocide is appropriate to describe the results of the struggle, but also points to the efforts of Henry Kissinger in undermining others who condemned the then-ongoing atrocities as being a genocide. Hitchens concluded, "Kissinger was responsible for the killing of thousands of people, including Sheikh ...
Muktijuddho e-Archive has released some 5,000 photos of the liberation war & genocide of Bangladesh taken by photographers from local & across the world. [9] The photos testify to the genocide and atrocities carried out by the then Pakistani occupation forces, plights of the refugees, training and operations of the freedom fighters, and the celebration on victory.
Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British and American author and journalist. [2] [3] He was the author of 18 books on faith, religion, culture, politics, and literature.
Percentage of Hindus declined more than two third (over 67% drop) in 71 years, i.e. from 22% of total population of Bangladesh in 1951 to 13.5% in 1974 (8.5% decrease in 20 years), [22] and then drop again to 6.9% in 2022 (further 1.6% decrease).
The Soviet Union supported Bangladesh and Indian armies, as well as the Mukti Bahini during the war, recognising that the independence of Bangladesh would weaken the position of its rivals—the United States and the People's Republic of China. It gave assurances to India that if a confrontation with the U.S. or China developed, the USSR would ...
Four documentaries were made in Bangladesh during the War - Zahir Raihan's Stop Genocide and A State Is Born, Babul Chowdhry's Innocent Millions, and Alamgir Kabir's Liberation Fighters. These four films are considered to be the first films made in Bangladesh, since earlier films were produced in Pakistan or India.
The government of Bangladesh is working on achieving global recognition of March 25 as "Bangladesh's Genocide Day". Genocide Watch and Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention issued statements on the Bangladesh Genocide of 1971 perpetrated against Bangladeshi people by Pakistani Army.
Jalladkhana Killing Field (Bengali: জল্লাদখানা বধ্যভূমি), is a mass grave site in Mirpur, Dhaka used in the 1971 Bangladesh genocide by Pakistan Army and its local collaborators during the Bangladesh Liberation war. Front side of Jalladkhana Killing field