373 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড বাংলাদেশ আজ গণহত্যার দৃষ্টান্তঃ সিনেটর সিনেটের কার্যবিবরণী ২৭ জুলাই, ১৯৭১ প্রক্সমায়ার S12 198 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE July 27, 1971 EAST PAKISTAN EXAMPLE OF GENOCIDE TODAY Mr. PROXM1RE. Mr. President, those who delay the ratification of the Genocide Treaty cannot ignore the tragedy taking place 8.000 miles from our shore in East Pakistan. Since March, the Pakistan Army apparently has been ravishing the country, massacring thousands of men, women, and children whose only crime is being Hindu. Through the eyes of journalists leaving that country we have seen the slaughter of old men and infants, poor peasants, people who have never had any connection with the rebel army. I quote an article published in the London Sunday Times, June 13: West Pakistan's Army has been systematically massacring thousands of civilians in East Pakistan since the end of March. This is the horrifying reality behind the news blackout imposed by President Yahya Khan's government since the end of March. This is the reason why more than five million refugees have streamed out of East Pakistan into India, risking cholera and famine. Mr. President, this article is entitled simply "Genocide." That word describes what is taking place in East Pakistan. I quote again from an article entitled "Why the Refugees Fled." also published in the London Sunday Times of June 13: The bone-crushing military operation has two distinctive features. One is what the authorities like to call the "cleansing operation": a euphemism for massacre. The other is the "rehabilitation effort" This is a way of describing the moves to turn East Pakistan into a docile colony of West Pakistan. These commonly used expressions and the repeated official references to "miscreants" and "infiltrators" are part of the charade which is being enacted for the benefit of the world. Strip away the propaganda, and the reality is colonization-and killing, Genocide is not a thing of the past. Just look at what is happening right now in Pakistan. How much longer can we delay in acting on the genocide convention?
