US EditionWhat Was Op Searchlight? US Lawmaker Seeks Genocide Label for 1971 Pak Atrocities Against Bengali Hindus
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What was Op Searchlight? US lawmaker seeks genocide label for 1971 Pak atrocities against Bengali Hindus
More than half a century after Operation Searchlight tore through East Pakistan, a US congressman is demanding that America finally call what happened by its name.
US Congressman Pushes for Recognition of 1971 Bengali Genocide
US Congressman Greg Landsman introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives to recognize the 1971 atrocities against Bengali Hindus by the Pakistani Army as genocide. The resolution highlights 'Operation Searchlight' and urges the US to condemn these actions as war crimes and crimes against humanity.
US resolution seeks genocide recognition for 1971 Pak atrocities against Bengali Hindus
The resolution urges the US House to condemn Pakistan’s 1971 atrocities in Bangladesh, highlighting mass killings of Bengalis, targeting of leaders and professionals, and sexual enslavement of tens of thousands of women.
Declare Pak atrocities against Bengali Hindus in 1971 as genocide: US lawmaker
Washington, Mar 22 (PTI) US Congressman Greg Landsman has introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives seeking to recognise the atrocities committed by the Pakistani Army and its allies, Jamaat-e-Islami, against Bengali Hindus on March 25, 1971, as “war crimes and genocide”.Landsman, a Democrat Congressman from Ohio, moved the resolution in the US House of Representatives on Friday, and it has been referred to the Committee on Fore…
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