Apology demanded from Pak

An international conference in The Hague, known as the city of Justice, demanded of the international community to recognise the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh committed by Pakistan soldiers.

The conference also urged the international community to put pressure on the Pakistan government to offer an unconditional apology to Bangladeshi people for the crime committed against humanity during the 9month long liberation war in Bangladesh.

The conference was organised by the Europebased Bangladeshi diaspora organisation, European Bangladesh Forum (EBF) in collaboration with Switzerland Human Rights Commission Bangladesh on Tuesday at the Nieuwspoort, the International Perscentrum (attached to Parliament building) in The Hague.

It may be mentioned that The Hague conference was the follow-up of the Geneva conference held on the same issue on September 30 at the Geneva Press Club in Switzerland.

A documentary film titled, ‘War Crimes 1971’ was screened at the start of the conference. It may be recalled that in 1971 Pakistani military committed one of the worst mass atrocities that the world witnessed in the 20th century. The Pak occupation army in 9 months killed approximately 3 million people.