পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৬০৮

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572 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড Women March for Aid A hundred and fifty Bangladeshi women and children marched through Westminster on 5 March with letters of protest for the Prime Minister and the relief agencies. The protest was organized by the Bangladesh Women's Association in Great Britain. The letter delivered to Mr. Heath-who was not at home-asked him to reconsider the decision to continue to give aid to Pakistan. Placards called for an end to genocide and to aid for Pakistan, and condemned the Pakistan Government. Mrs. Jahanara Rahman, one of the organizers, said the women were equally concerned about the cholera outbreak in India among Bengali refugees. But they feared that in the rush to send aid to the cholera victims the refugees without food would be forgotten. The Association has collected over £400 in Britain, and a substantial amount of children's clothing, but it is waiting for an assurance that when it is sent it will reach their people. Campaign to Stop Aid to Pakistan Supporters in Britain of Bangladesh started a campaign to stop aid to Pakistan on 13 June with a large protest march, starting from Hyde Park and marching to the Ministry of Overseas Development, Canadian High Commission and the French, Belgian, German, Austrian, American, Japanese, Dutch and Italian embassies, all of whose Governments sent aid to Pakistan. The marchers drew much attention in Park Lane, Piccadilly, Downing Street and Trafalgar Square. The marchers were headed by a man reciting from the Holy Quran. Another young man also recited a poem. The demonstrations will continue for some days. President and Military Leaders of Pakistan “Guilty of genocide” Over three hundred Labor MPs, including six Privy councilors the Chairman of the Labor Party, Mr. Ian Mikardo, and three other members of Labor's National Executive, Prank Allaun, Mr. Tom Bradley and Tom Driberg, have signed a motion sponsored by Mr. John Stone house, formerly Minister of Posts and Telecommunications "accusing the President and military leaders of Pakistan of having broken the genocide convention of the United Nations and therefore by implication of being liable to trial." The motion reads: "This House believes that the wide-spread murder of civilians and the atrocities on a massive scale by the Pakistan Army in East Bengal, contrary to the U.N. Convention on genocide signed by Pakistan itself, confirms that the military Government of Pakistan has forfeited all rights to rule in East Bengal, following its wanton refusal to accept the democratic will of the people expressed in the election of December 1970; Therefore believes that the U. N. Security Council must be called urgently to consider the situation both, as a threat to international peace and as a contravention to the genocide convention; And further believes that until order is restored