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35 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ স্বাধীনতা ও গণতন্ত্র প্রতিষ্ঠার লক্ষ্যে এ্যাকশন কমিটির প্রচারপত্র এপ্রিল, ১৯৭১ বাংলাদেশের সংগ্রামের প্রতি সমর্থন দানের বাংলাদেশ এ্যাকশন কমিটির আহবান PLEASE SPEAK UP FOR BANGLADESH An Appeal to the Delegates at the 1971 Annual Party Conference of the Conservative and Unionist Party Dear Delegate, You may know something about the great human tragedy, probably more terrible than any other the world has ever known, which has been inflicted on the unarmed and unsuspecting people of Bangladesh by the mindless and fascist army junta of West Pakistan. Newspaper stories and television pictures may have informed you. However inadequately, about mass murder, loot, arson and rape which were committed and are being still perpetrated on our people today, and yet the depth and magnitude of the tragic story, as we are witnessing, have failed to sink in the minds of most people. Is it because of the human guilt and culpability of the civilized world in allowing such atrocious crimes being committed against an innocent people on such a staggering scale that it is so slow to wake to it? Hundreds of thousands of people have been slaughtered; millions of home have been burned and razed to the ground; and countless thousands of our women have been raped and then murdered. Nearly nine million people have been driven out of country who are now living in the refugee camps in appalling conditions. U. N. reports say that seventeen millions people are already faced with death from starvation and famine. The terrible price the people of Bangladesh have paid with their lives is for the simple fact of wanting democracy in what was known as Pakistan. It is not merely a question of our lives and dignity which are under attack, it is the question of freedom, democracy and justice which are on trial. Tens of thousands of our youth have taken up arms not only in defense of our people but in the realization of these principles and human values. As member of a Party, which takes pride in upholding the principles of freedom, democracy and justice, we request you to: 1. Condemn the fascist regime at Islamabad for enacting the most terrible human tragedy of the century; 2. Urge for the unconditional release of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the undisputed and democratically elected leader of Bangladesh.