In New York, various organizations celebrated the 'Genocide Day' on March 25

Hakikul Islam Khokon

New York, Wednesday, March 25, at 8 p.m. at Diversity Plaza in Bengali-dominated Jackson Heights, Genocide '71 Foundation USA celebrated 'National Genocide Day'. Speakers in the rally said that the 25th March of Ekaur was the time of the terrible massacre. A dark day in the history of mankind. All the brutal, horrible and gruesome events in the history of Bengali independence took place that night. The day will be written in the letters of blood forever as black night in the history of Bengali liberation.
That very night, the military operation called "Operation Suchlight" was indiscriminately killing Bengalis by the humanoid hyenas of the Pakistani invading army with the help of their local friends, the anti-independence forces. In one night, the invaders brutally killed about half a million Bengalis in different parts of the country, including Dhaka. A rare event in the history of mankind. Khabar Ibn News.
At the very beginning of the rally, the memory, sincere respect and gratitude of those who sacrificed their lives in the massacre that started on that terrible night of 25th March was expressed.
In 1971, the Pakistani secret service (ISI) joined with the political party Jamaat-e-Islami to form militia paramilitary forces like Al Badr (Moon), Al Shams (Sun) to stop the freedom-seeking people of Bangladesh. These forces targeted the disaffected and participated in war crimes like rape among other crimes. Local collaborators known as Razakars were also involved in these heinous crimes.
Members of the Muslim League, Nizam Islam, Jamaat-e-Islam and Jamiat Ulama Pakistan, which were defeated in the 1970 elections, allied themselves with the military and continued to act as their allies. Several top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami were accused of colluding with the Pakistani army and committing rape and murder, some of whom were tried by the International War Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh. In 1971, the genocide and rape in the war of independence caught the attention of the world.

Notable among those present at the rally were-The president of the organization and one of the advisers of the United States Awami League, Dr. Bir Muktijodha. Pradeep Ranjan Kar, one of the advisers and senior journalists of Awami League in the United States and Lion Hakikul Islam Khokon, heroic freedom fighter Golam Mostafa Khan Miraj, heroic freedom fighter Farooq Hussain, heroic freedom fighter Shaukat Akbar Ritchie, heroic freedom fighter Kamrul Hasan Chowdhury, heroic freedom fighter Khurshid Anwar Bablu, heroic freedom fighter Helal Majid, Washington Bangladesh Former Press Minister of the Embassy Azm Sajjad Hossain Sabuj, United States Awami League Organizing Secretary Abdul Haseeb Mamun, United States Awami League Organizing Secretary Abdur Rahim Badsha, United States Awami League Office Secretary Engineer Mohammad Ali Siddiqui, Legal Affairs Secretary Advocate Shah Mohammad Bakhtir Ali, Prominent photographer and photojournalist Obaidullah Masood, Awami League leader Aktar Hossain, President Sheikh Hasina. And Awami League Leader Jalal Uddin Jalil, General Secretary and Awami League Leader Kaykobad Khan, Sheikh Hasina Mantra Vice President Awami League Leader Engineer Mizanul Hasan, United States Women Awami League Joint General Secretary Rumana Akhtar, United States Awami League Leader Shahidul Islam, Sheikh Hasina Mantra Vice President Delwar Hossain Molla, New York State Awami League General Secretary Shaheen Ajmal, New York Metropolitan Awami League General Secretary Rafiqur Rahman, Joint General Secretary Dulal Billah, United States Awami Volunteers League former president Nuruzzaman Sardar, Awami League leader Rina Abedin, Chhatra League leader Fida J Hasan Rahat, Advocate Abu Bakkar Siddique Tushar, United States Jubo League Vice President Khandkar Zahidul Islam and Asif Ahmed and others.

The following demands were presented in the rally-

1) Expressing strong anger and condemnation for bringing condolence motions in the name of convicted war criminals and crimes against humanity in the National Parliament.

2) Members of Parliament expressing their disdain for disrespecting the National Anthem in Parliament.

3) Why is ICT being used to suppress political opponents while stopping prosecution of war criminals and crimes against humanity in ICT? I am protesting it.4) The government is making a strong demand to play a diplomatic role in gaining international recognition of the Bengali genocide in Ekawur.

5) The proposal to form public opinion in favor of the bill raised in the US Congress to demand recognition of the Bengali genocide of 1971 was accepted. The national anthem was played at the beginning of the meeting and the great language movement started on February 21, 1952, the 6 points of 62, 64, the eleven-point education movement and independence movement, the popular uprising of 69, the Agartala conspiracy case, the great liberation war of 71, August 15. Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in his family, 2004. In Seal, the grenade attack on Sheikh Hasina on 21st August, the brutal killing of four national leaders in the Dhaka Central Jail on 3rd November 1975 and until today, 1 minute silence was observed by standing and paying respect to over 2 million mothers and sisters who were martyred freedom fighters and martyred freedom fighters and self-sacrificing heroes in all democratic movements. In the inhabited area, Awami League, Awami family, all allied organizations including various political, social, cultural, professionals, journalists, poets, writers, supporters of the liberation war.The celebration was organized by human rights organizers.