Teachers, community leaders vow to achieve recognition of 1971 genocide

City Desk :

University teachers, researchers, cultural activists and community leaders at an international conference expressed their firm determination to work relentlessly until the global recognition of the Genocide, which occurred in the country by the Pakistani army in 1971, is achieved.

They expressed their determination at an international conference titled ‘International Conference on Bangladesh Genocide Recognition’, organised on the twenty second instant by Amra Ekattor, Projonmo 71 and European Bangladesh Forum at Dhaka University’s Abdul Matin Chowdhury virtual classroom.
While addressing DU Vice Chancellor Dr Md Aktaruzzaman said during the Liberation War of Bangladesh, the University of Dhaka was the epicentre of genocide and the students and teachers of the university were the first victims of genocide, reports BSS.

Greeting the organisers and contributors of the conference, he sincerely pledged that the University of Dhaka will always stand with them and cooperate for achieving recognition of the 1971 genocide.

European Bangladesh Forum (EBF) President Bikash Chawdury Barua expressed firm determination to continue efforts to draw the attention of the world community about the genocide and to stand with the victims of atrocities conducted by the Pakistani army during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.