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Thursday, May 19, 2011

[ALOCHONA] Re: A response to Myth-busting of Bangladesh war of 1971 by Sarmila Bose in english.aljazeera.net



Dear Shafiq

 

No regets needed – we are all busy. Damned modern life!

 

Here is Musharraf on a visit to Dhaka in July 2002:

"Your brothers and sisters in Pakistan share the pains of the events of 1971. The excesses committed during the unfortunate period are regrettable,"

"Let us bury the past in the spirit of magnanimity. Let not the light of the future be dimmed. Let us move forward together," Musharraf said, adding that 'courage to compromise is greater than to confront'.

This is no apology by any definition at any level. It is fuzzy wuzzy language used everyday by our political classes to justify the failures of their preferred political party. Genocide and mass rape cannot be regrettable excesses to be simply buried. He dared to say so because he was speaking personally and not at a State level, because his host was the poor foreign minister Morshed Khan, and because he does not take Bangladesh's numbers seriously.

 

Certainly Sheikh Mujib had his hands full after 1971. But he is nevertheless accountable for what happened on his watch. Even now, when our Prime Minister, as Defence Minister, fails to surround the BDR Camp, we forgive her because apparently she `did her best'. Well we are a very understanding lot it seems J

 

We claim that in 1971 3 million of our country men were killed and 400,000 raped. Since 1971:

 

  1. No state level investigation into the murders and rapes
  2. No international inquiry into the murders and rapes
  3. In 2011 we seek only that half a dozen collaborators are hanged
  4. No effort to name the dead as much as is possible
  5. No effort to identify the bodies as much as is possible
  6. No effort to locate the mass graves as much as possible
  7. All Pakistani POWs released without trial after killing 3 millions
  8. No state level agenda for apologies or reparations from Pakistan
  9. No inquiry by India on the number of Bengali refugees who died
  10. No investigation into whether the number 3 lac was translated into 3 million
  11. No improvement in social attitudes towards rape victims in the 4 decades since
  12. Blah blah blah

 

And now in 2011 we have only the silent tears of those who lost loved ones and a lot of sentimental songs. And the use of the numbers as landmarks in our rotten political narrative.    

       

How do you have 3 million killed and then release ALL the killers in return for recognition by Pakistan?! Because India or the Saudis required it?! What country does not look for the mass graves of 3 million murdered people? Is it pointless? Or is it because the vast majority of our dead are poor people whom no one in power ever really missed? We tend to make a great fuss about our educated martyrs and the odd symbolic member of the lower classes.

 

We are a nation of world class excuse makers.

 

Nobody gives a crap what Bangladesh's official position is on the number. The Indians don't comment and the Pakistani's are incredulous. Sigh.

 

Imran Khan has done a better job than us of demanding Pakistan apologises properly to Bangladesh!

 

We are better than this. And our martyrs deserve better than a monument and a bunch of songs.

 

I am from Sylhet. Perhaps I should start looking for mass graves there. I could ask my local MP to help but I suspect he's busy trying to get a banking licence J

 

Please do write when you can.

 

My best wishes to you.

 

Ezajur Rahman

Kuwait


--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, shafiq013@... wrote:
>
>
> Dear Ejazur
>
> I regret for a late response
>
> I believe in your admission and I also agree with you that not enough
> was done to seek apologies from Pakistan by any Government of
> Bangladesh, present or past.
>
> General Parvaiz Musharraf said something on the subject and it may be
> close to apology but that was not enough. We ask for and we expect a
> full fledge apology for all the atrocities, irrespective of different
> estimations.
>
> I again agree with you that a formal estimation could have and should
> have been done by the then immediate Government. Hey! I am not defending
> anybody but may be the then Government had lot of other problems for a
> war ravaged country. Government priorities did change after the 1975
> changeover. Today, it will be very unfortunate if AL (or for that matter
> BNP) uses these figures for petty personal or political gains. As
> regretfully, no census was done immediately after 1971, the official
> Bangladesh stand remains for 3 million dead.
>
> I wish I could touch other points you raised in your posting like
> corruption etc., but I should leave it for some other time and
> opportunity.
>
> Best regards
>
> Shafiq
>
>
> --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" Ezajur@ wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dear Shafiq
> >
> >
> >
> > No, I am not trying to undermine a crime against humanity. I have
> > already called the murders of 1971 a crime against humanity and
> > genocide. I would have to be a cannibal to side with willful mass
> murder
> > and rape. I hope you do not think of me so poorly - I could never
> assume
> > such a thing about you.
> >
> >
> >
> > I do not care for what the Pakistanis think as they were the
> aggressors.
> > I hardly ever mention that country. Of course they cover up even their
> > own estimate of the true numbers. The number of 28,000 killed in The
> > Hamoodur Report must be most grossly understated.
> >
> >
> >
> > But our victims deserve reparations, admission and apologies from
> > Pakistan. Why should Pakistan get away with it just because we cannot
> > demand or present our case properly?
> >
> >
> >
> > I ask because I don't know what the correct figure is and because
> > the number has been made sacred by the very same people (BNP and AL)
> who
> > have brought our country to its current condition. And I don't
> > believe them. And I don't buy it when those who are the most senior
> > defenders of this number defend it only with a calculator and
> simplistic
> > assumptions.
> >
> >
> >
> > I apologise for using the word exaggeration as it offends you. It was
> > not my intention. But the political classes of my country are prone to
> > exaggeration, sometimes out of sentimentality (I am one of them too!)
> > and sometimes for political gain (unforgiveable).
> >
> >
> >
> > Come on Shafiq. Let us not pick on the limitations of mere words. What
> > do you think we get our facts right on? The environment? The
> population?
> > The stock market manipulators? The BDR tragedy? Smuggling? Black
> money?
> > The deals that our politicians have made? The deals our businessmen
> > make? The deals our Army makes? Corruption?
> >
> >
> >
> > The electorate does not get the facts.
> >
> >
> >
> > It is not enough, for me at least, that a Pakistani soldier, however
> > honest, said this and that a UN report, informed by any of our
> > governments, said that. What about my country? Why can't my country
> > get even this most important subject right?
> >
> >
> >
> > I am facing a lot of abuse (not from you) but that's okay. I'm
> > nobody and I can easily be ignored. But I think the next generation
> > must, and will, question everything. If they do then we stand a
> fighting
> > chance of building the nation that so many gave their lives for in
> 1971.
> > God knows those who followed them have made an almighty mess of it.
> >
> >
> >
> > This is more about us and the way we conduct ourselves than about the
> > Pakistanis. Just because we hate the Pakistanis does not mean that we
> > cannot establish, with the best of our efforts, a formal estimate of
> the
> > number of our countrymen murdered in 1971. But we are simply happy
> that
> > Time and Newsweek gave some estimates. The best estimate may turn out
> to
> > be 5 millions. And it may turn out to be 1 million (personally, I
> > don't think it can be less). We should be serious about the number
> > of our dead.
> >
> >
> >
> > Life has always been cheap in our country. The truth has always been
> > manipulated. We should try to change that. Let's count our dead.
> > Everybody else tries.
> >
> >
> >
> > You see Shafiq, sometimes no matter what we say, people see what they
> > want to see. I'm sure I am guilty of the same sometimes. I am not a
> > freak of nature (you did not say it, I am saying it). My opinions and
> my
> > politics are fuelled by the people I meet everyday, of every age and
> > class. I find disagreement only with those who are locked into a
> > political party – be it BNP, AL, JP or JI. And, in my life
> > experience, such locked people are in the vocal minority – not the
> > silent majority.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have no reason to think I am better informed or even of sounder mind
> > than you. But if I differ with anyone it is only, in essence, because
> > they are not protesting against our politics. Perhaps they do and I
> > could be wrong in a particular case. But I have found people choose to
> > be silent regarding their party no matter how bad things might be.
> > That's why there is no meaningful reform in the country.
> >
> >
> >
> > I often choose to be obnoxious because I find the silence of those who
> > are better informed and better placed than me to be obnoxious. Its
> good
> > to hear their voice, no matter how hostile.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have written to you sincerely. Even though we may continue to differ
> I
> > hope you will consider my failings to be those of a sincere man.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> >
> >
> > Ezajur Rahman
> >
> > Kuwait
> >
> > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, shafiq013@ wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > You are still trying to undermine the crime committed against
> > humanity.
> > > The 3 million figures is an estimate and are not only mentioned in
> > some
> > > UN reports but even in some Pakistani reports. You call it an
> > > exaggeration absolutely like the official Pakistani stand.
> > >
> > > Knowing Pakistani mentality, there is no reason to believe this
> > > "exaggerated figure" being the reason for no reparations or
> > > apologies from Pakistan. Let them apologies even for 28 thousands,
> > they
> > > estimate were killed per Hamoodur Rahman commission report. Again,
> > this
> > > also is an estimate only. Do you believe this being the correct
> > figure?
> > >
> > > And why you believe that 3 million figure is exaggerated like the
> > > official Pakistani stand? Then what is the correct figure?
> > >
> > > It was nice to know that we never get our facts right on anything.
> > What
> > > it is? News or your desire
> > > Shafiq
> > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" Ezajur@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The reason why the number 3 million is important is that this
> number
> > > is symbolic of our societal and politcal failures. If we can lie
> about
> > > this number we can lie about anything. A nation that exaggerates its
> > > dead for political gain and dramatic effect, and does not count its
> > > dead, is doomed to rotteness.
> > > >
> > > > And are we in a rotten condition or not?
> > > >
> > > > Many good people are sleeping or have given up hope or have been
> > > beaten into submission. If yelling about this 3 million annoys them
> > > enough to make them yell back - then thats just fine!
> > > >
> > > > The fact is that there were crimes against humanity. Of course
> this
> > is
> > > true. The fact also is that the exaggeration of those crimes
> actually
> > > diminshes the crimes.
> > > >
> > > > Which is why we have no reparations or apologies from Pakistan.
> > > >
> > > > We never get our facts right on anything.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, shafiq013@ wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > What a logic. You said "There was killing by Pakistani army as
> > they
> > > > > were tried to protect Pakistan and that's fact." Gentleman, Can
> > you
> > > > > explain why women were raped? Which Pakistan they were trying to
> > > protect
> > > > > by raping women? Why there was loot and arson? Was this another
> > > attempt
> > > > > to protect Pakistan? Yes, we killed Urdu speaker after the war
> and
> > > > > that's a fact. But if you were old enough to see the war in
> 1971,
> > > you
> > > > > should be able to answer why. The story of the Balouch Pakistani
> > > soldier
> > > > > is just a story. Even at present there are not many Balouchs in
> > > Pakistan
> > > > > Army not to talk about in 1971. Yes, there was a Balouch
> regiment
> > > but
> > > > > was occupied by Punjabis mostly. And Ziaur Rahman was not
> setting
> > up
> > > the
> > > > > radio at Kalurghat in the middle of war. And above everything, a
> > > single
> > > > > soldier cannot help you in this situation like this even if he
> > wants
> > > to.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The famous Hamoodur Rahamn commission said around 28-30 thousand
> > > > > Bengalis were killed. The official Bangladeshi stand is that 3
> > > million
> > > > > Bengalis were killed. The fact is that there were crimes against
> > > > > humanity. Don't try to exploit the number of people killed to
> > dilute
> > > > > the issue. The biggest truth of 1971 is 16th December. Nothing
> > less
> > > > > nothing more. Sorry you did not like it.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Shafiq
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "ezajur" <Ezajur@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Of course the Pakistanis committed massacres - enough for the
> > word
> > > > > genocide to be used. And they killed many more Bengalis than
> vice
> > > versa.
> > > > > The issues are:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1. Were 3 million Bengalis killed?
> > > > > > 2. How has this number been exploited by polictians?
> > > > > > 3. What have the lies about 1971 - by BNP and AL - cost our
> > > country
> > > > > since 1971?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Jamil Ahmed jamil_dhaka@
> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I was old enough to see the war in 1971. There was killing
> by
> > > > > Pakistani army as they were tried to protect Pakistan and that's
> > > fact.
> > > > > We killed Urdu speaker after the war and that's a fact. In a
> war,
> > > it's
> > > > > the general people who gives a lot of sacrifice.There story
> > will
> > > be
> > > > > never told. Just to add one fact that I had seen is that in the
> > > middle
> > > > > of war as Ziaur Rahman was setting up the radio at Kalur ghat
> and
> > > > > Pakistani army took over our area. Obviously we all are shaken,
> > one
> > > > > Pakistani solder told us not to be afraid, and added that he is
> a
> > > > > baluch. I am sure there is lotof stories like that and those
> will
> > be
> > > > > covered by weight of atrocities of other Pak solders.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Â
> > > > > > > Â
> > > > > > > --- On Sat, 5/14/11, Dr. M. Mohsin Ali drmohsinali@ wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > From: Dr. M. Mohsin Ali drmohsinali@
> > > > > > > Subject: [ALOCHONA] A response to Myth-busting of Bangladesh
> > war
> > > of
> > > > > 1971 by Sarmila Bose in english.aljazeera.net
> > > > > > > To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > > > Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 12:58 PM
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > SO, MR. EZAJUR, YOU BELIEVE THE STORY OF MS. SHARMILA BOSE
> > WHICH
> > > IS
> > > > > THE STORY OF THE PAKISTANI MILITARY ABOUT OUR GREAT LIBERATION
> > WAR.
> > > YOU
> > > > > ARE SIGNING WITH THE PAKISTANIS AND THE RAZAKARS. THAT'S WHY YOU
> > > NEVER
> > > > > LIKED SHEIKH MUJIB AS HE BROKE YOUR BELAOVED PAKISTAN. THAT IS
> > YOUR
> > > REAL
> > > > > FACE.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --- On Sat, 5/14/11, ezajur Ezajur@ wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > From: ezajur Ezajur@
> > > > > > > Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: A response to Myth-busting of
> > Bangladesh
> > > war
> > > > > of 1971 by Sarmila Bose in english.aljazeera.net
> > > > > > > To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > > > Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 10:25 AM
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Â
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Sarmila Bose has made a stand against the myth of 1971 and
> the
> > > > > dominant post war narrative and those who have profited from it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The myth of 1971 is that 3 million people Bengalis were
> > > > > exterminated. As proven by the lack of any meaningful effort to
> > > measure
> > > > > the number of deaths by successive governments of Bangladesh.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The dominant narrative of 1971 has been that the myth of
> 1971
> > is
> > > > > real and that those who shout about it are those who are fit to
> > > govern
> > > > > best. As proven by the behaviour of every successive government.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Those who have profited are those who have publicly promoted
> > the
> > > > > myth and privately benefitted with power and money. As proven by
> > the
> > > > > behaviour of every successive government.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > What Farida cannot abide is that anyone can question
> anything
> > > about
> > > > > 1971 because it is the myth of 1971 that, in her mind, empowers
> > her
> > > and
> > > > > her politics, to focus on what they want, ignore what they want
> > and
> > > rule
> > > > > as they see fit. Screw them.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The creation of the myth of 1971 was the first step in the
> > > ruination
> > > > > of our country. We have been on our knees ever since. Bridges
> and
> > > export
> > > > > earnings cannot measure our people. Our people deserve better.
> And
> > > as AL
> > > > > and BNP and Jammat relish the orgy of their gross self
> indulgence
> > > they
> > > > > ignore the future at the nation's peril.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > If BNP of JI thugs commit rape, murder and extortion, as
> they
> > > do,
> > > > > the Farida Majids of our country will protest. If AL thugs
> commit
> > > rape,
> > > > > murder and extortion, as they do, the Farida Majids of our
> country
> > > keep
> > > > > quiet. There are Farida Majids in BNP and JI.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Screw all these bloody hypocrites. They believe they are
> true
> > to
> > > > > their dead leader, their dead father and their dead values.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > They, and the rest of us, will soon enough return to the
> soil
> > of
> > > our
> > > > > country, in which lies buried the truth and best spirit of our
> > > people
> > > > > and our beautiful country.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Just look at the condition of our country! You know why
> there
> > is
> > > no
> > > > > class war in Bangladesh? You know know why our guitarists can't
> > bend
> > > > > their knees?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > May our soil accept our flesh and bones as payment for the
> > truth
> > > and
> > > > > may that truth embrace the next generation.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > To all hypocrites - ££££ you!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ezajur Rahman
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Its so loud, inside in my head
> > > > > > > With words that I should have said.
> > > > > > > As I drown in my regrets
> > > > > > > I can't take back
> > > > > > > the words I never said.
> > > > > > > Lupe Fiasco
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Farida Majid
> <farida_majid@>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> >
> http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/05/20115983958114219.h\
> \
> > \
> > > \
> > > > > tml
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Bangladesh war of 1971 Myth-busting Piece by Sarmila Bose
> in
> > > Al
> > > > > Jazeera.net :
> > > > > > > > Farida Majid
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Here we have Sarmila Bose whining on and on against the
> > > `dominant
> > > > > narrative' and pushing her insubstantial book, Dead Reckoning:
> > > Memories
> > > > > of the 1971 Bangladesh War, as a scholarly work that is meant to
> > > bust
> > > > > the myth of Bangladesh war of independence in 1971. Her book's
> > spin
> > > is
> > > > > strung around a few instances of atrocities committed by Mukti
> > > fighters
> > > > > upon non-Bengali collaborators of Pakistan at the time. No one
> > > denies
> > > > > those cruel acts of retaliation. All wars are cruel and ugly.
> But
> > by
> > > > > themselves those acts, or her other fieldwork denying widespread
> > > rape
> > > > > and murder (questioning the occurrence of any rape by Pakistani
> > > soldiers
> > > > > since she could not get figures of exact date, time and place of
> > > each
> > > > > sexual assault), have not been able to disprove any of the
> > > well-known
> > > > > incidences of crimes against humanity committed by an uniformed,
> > > fully
> > > > > equipped with modern arms and ammunition, professionally trained
> > > > > Pakistani army and its Bengali collaborators in 1971. I
> > > > > > > doubt whether any of the `uncomfortable truth' she has
> > unearthed
> > > > > could be presented at a War Crimes Tribunal as legal defense
> > against
> > > the
> > > > > charges brought by the Prosecution at such a Tribunal.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The harder Sarmila Bose whines about the `dominant
> > narrative'
> > > the
> > > > > fuzzier gets her rationale for wanting to debunk it. Her citing
> of
> > > the
> > > > > example of Lara Logan, the CBS correspondent haplessly caught in
> > the
> > > > > melee of Tahrir Square in Cairo in the spring uprising of 2011,
> > > shows to
> > > > > what pathetic extent Bose lacks sympathy and imagination in
> > > assessing
> > > > > the overall reality of people's struggle for freedom from
> > > oppression.
> > > > > Such struggles in the annals of history are messy, never
> > > picture-book
> > > > > perfect. Sarmila though is unforgiving, and is too mean-spirited
> > to
> > > > > tolerate "freedom and democracy-loving people rising up against
> > > > > oppressive dictators." She has to take up the arms of a
> `scholarly
> > > > > study' to bust the myth!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > What is the 'myth' that she is so anxious to bust?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Is genocide in Bangladesh, 1971, a myth?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > If it is a myth then are we to understand, after Ms Bose's
> > > > > so-called `research' and report, that genocide did not take
> place
> > at
> > > all
> > > > > in 1971 in the then East Pakistan? The "dominant narrative" is
> all
> > > about
> > > > > partisan exaggeration and no one in the international community
> > but
> > > her
> > > > > could detect the "uncomfortable truth" in all these 40 years.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Who does she mean by those "who have profited for so long
> > from
> > > > > mythologising the history of 1971"?
> > > > > > > > Does she mean the people of Bangladesh, the world's eighth
> > > most
> > > > > populous nation? Does `profit' mean gaining the sovereignty and
> > > > > independence as a nation?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > If so, then all nations who have had to fight for
> > independence
> > > > > from a colonized condition ought to be labeled as having
> "profited
> > > from
> > > > > mythologizing history." And that would include United States of
> > > America.
> > > > > > > > Go tell an American that the chronicles of wars and
> battles
> > > fought
> > > > > in the American War of Independence during 1775-1783 are all
> > > > > mythologised history, and hence a `dominant narrative', a myth
> > that
> > > is
> > > > > in dire need of busting!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Let us remind ourselves of the announcement of Gen. Yahya
> > Khan
> > > at
> > > > > a radio interview at the launching of the Operation Searchlight
> in
> > > > > March, 1971 in East Pakistan: "We will kill three million of
> them,
> > > and
> > > > > they will eat out of our hands!" The number â€"3 million
> > â€"
> > > is
> > > > > immaterial, though admittedly there is an irresolvable argument
> > that
> > > > > swirls around it. What is legally relevant here, however, is the
> > > clear
> > > > > expression of goal and intent to commit genocide by Pak military
> > > > > apparatus in East Pakistan.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > New evidences are emerging, not just from the victims of
> the
> > > war
> > > > > crimes of 1971, but from the perpetrators themselves. Eye
> > witnesses
> > > and
> > > > > personal encounters from among the Pakistani military personnel
> > are
> > > > > coming up with accounts of General Niazi, General Rao Farman
> Ali,
> > et
> > > al,
> > > > > exhibiting fierce anti-Bengali racism that underscored
> activities
> > > > > against unarmed, unthreatening civilians. Such activities were
> > > regarded
> > > > > as reprehensive by even the soldiers who carried out the orders
> > > because
> > > > > they violated the rules and norms of engagement in warfare.
> > Several
> > > > > books have come out over the years by various Pakistani army
> > > personnel
> > > > > including one by the infamous General Niazi. They are all
> replete
> > > with
> > > > > quotations and records of utter racial contempt for the Bengalis
> > of
> > > East
> > > > > Pakistan on the part of top brass military officers in the
> > Pakistani
> > > > > army who wanted at least a partial destruction of the whole race
> > of
> > > > > Bengalis as a punitive measure for their rebellion.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > We can then proceed to take a peek at the following U. N.
> > > > > Convetion:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Excerpt from the Convention on the Prevention and
> Punishment
> > > of
> > > > > Genocide (For full text click here)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > "Article II: In the present Convention, genocide means any
> > of
> > > the
> > > > > following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in
> > > part, a
> > > > > national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > (a) Killing members of the group;
> > > > > > > > (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of
> the
> > > group;
> > > > > > > > (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of
> life
> > > > > calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or
> in
> > > part;
> > > > > > > > (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within
> the
> > > group;
> > > > > > > > (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another
> > > group.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Article III: The following acts shall be punishable:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > (a) Genocide;
> > > > > > > > (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide;
> > > > > > > > (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;
> > > > > > > > (d) Attempt to commit genocide;
> > > > > > > > (e) Complicity in genocide. "
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Let us all work for peace as best as each of us can.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Salutes!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Farida Majid
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>


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