1971.10.08, Genocide, Newspaper (Guardian)
Death ‘on a megaton scale’ The Government was urged by Mrs Judith Hart. MP, in a brief debate on the situation in Bengal, to exert overt pressure on Pakistan. She had no doubt that the Government had put pressure on already, but added: “I believe the moment has...
1971.10.27, Genocide, Newspaper (Telegraph)
50 Die In Pakistani Reprisal About 50 unarmed civilians have been killed by Pakistan army, police and volunteers in the Daryaganj residential district of Dacca. Many more civilians were wounded in the raid which took place a week ago just after two men, believed to be...
1971.10.14, Genocide, Newspaper
Genocide To Be Investigated A commission of inquiry of the International Commission of Jurists to go into the violation of human rights by the Pakistani military regime in Bangla Desh will visit India in December. It also hopes to go to Pakistan. The commission will...
1971.10.27, Genocide, Newspaper (Financial Times)
Reprisals Continue Against Unarmed East Pakistanis In spite of the military regime’s persistent denials, the Pakistan army and police continue to take reprisals against unarmed civilians living where the Bengali rebels operate, even within sight of the residence...
1971.10.26, Genocide, Newspaper (Sunday Times)
Stop The Slaughter In the tragedy that is now engulfing the Indian subcontinent there is not much satisfaction in trying to pinpoint blame or identify warmongers. Pakistan has evoked worldwide condemnation for its repression of the freely elected government in East...
1971.10.29, Genocide, Newspaper (Guardian)
Murders Continue … Even if the centrally promulgated “normalcy” measures were not as limited and partially fraudulent as they are, the power of the police and razakars in villages and towns would undermine and vitiate them. In one area north of Dacca I...
1971.05.29, Newspaper, Torture and Mass Killing
Babies Thrown Up To Be Caught By Bayonets Rev. John Hastings and Rev. John Clapham of Sudder Street, Methodist Church, Calcutta, in a letter to THE GUARDIAN, London, write. “We are not reporters with little time to spare looking for the best stories. We have each...
1971.06.29, District (Chittagong), Genocide, Newspaper (Telegraph)
Death and Hatred in Chittagong The army has restored order in Chittagong, the vital port of East Pakistan. After a series of atrocities committed by both Bengalis and Bihari Moslems, the martial law authorities destroyed scores of villages by fire, artillery and...
1971.05.27, Genocide, Newspaper (Guardian)
Vicious Killing We saw the amputation of a mother’s arm and a child’s foot. These were too far from the border, and gangrene developed from their bullet-wounds. Many saw their daughters raped, and the heads of their children smashed in. Some watched their...
1971.04.10, District (Dhaka), Genocide, Newspaper (Guardian)
Dacca shooting goes on By Martin Adeney The Pakistan army, two weeks after its massacre began in East Bengal and crushed resistance in Dacca, is still systematically searching areas of the city, carrying out arrests, shooting, looting, and setting fire to buildings....
