পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৯৪

766 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড { i t . village to village and door to door, shot offhand after a cursory" "short arm inspection" showed they were uncircumcised. I have heard the screams of men bludgeoned to death in the compound of the circuit house (Civil administrative headquarters) in Comilla. I have seen truckloads of other human targets and those who had the humanity to try to help them hauled off "for disposal" under the cover of darkness and curfew. I have witnessed the brutality of "kill and burn missions" as the-Army units, after clearing out the rebels, pursued the pogrom in the towns and the villages." "I have seen whole villages devastated by "Punitive Action" and in the officers mess at night I have listened incredulously as otherwise brave and honorable men proudly chewed over the day's kill". "How many did you get?" mt - it. The answers are seared in my memory". Mr. Mascarenhas, as well as other responsible journalists, have asserted that the Government of Pakistan is pursuing a policy of genocide against the Hindu population as well as against university students and faculty and members of the Awami League. Recently fourteen diplomats resigned from the Pakistan Embassy in Washington DC and the Pakistan Mission to the United Nations asserting that their Government "violates elementary norms of civilized conduct and commits crimes against humanity". Many other eyewitness accounts are available to the sub-commission which indicate that a consistent pattern of violations of human rights is occurring in East Pakistan. The white paper issued by the Pakistan Government alleges that "the Awami League reign of terror, unleashed from 1st March onwards claimed the lives of a hundred thousand men, women and children besides causing incalculable damage to public and private buildings, transport and communications and industrial establishments. Unmentionable brutalities were committed, with the active assistance of Indian Armed infiltrators. A campaign of intimidation was unleashed against the Central Government personnel and institutions. Awami League militants went on the rampage in almost every city of the province. The raided fire arms shops and looted them. The laboratories of educational institutions were also looted and acids, chemicals and explosives appropriated. Attacks on Government property especially of Central Government, and communications centers became the order of the day, Trains were derailed and passengers pulled out and killed violent mobs. Led by Awami League storm troopers attacked and burned down entire colonies of nonconformist together with hundreds of inmates. "I want to make it clear that all reports and allegations of the violations of human rights in East Pakistan should be investigated by the Sub-Commission. There are some who may argue before this sub-commission that this organ should not discuss the situation in East Pakistan. They may assert that no violations of human rights have occurred - That the killings that did occur were necessary to maintain law and order. However, even the Government