The 1971 Bangladesh Genocide by The Islamic Republic of Pakistan: The Forgotten Holocaust

• In Event: International Tribunals and Genocide

Brief Overview

In 1971 The Islamic Republic of Pakistan unleashed a systematic genocide on Bangladesh (East Pakistan) which would result in nearly 3 million people dead, and over 200 thousand women raped. The genocide has been largely forgotten.

Author

• Syed Samad Uddin-Ahmed, Wiley College