Genocide in Bangladesh - The politics of Disinformation

Casaca, Paulo

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Abstract

For the whole eleven years during which I have been actively engaged in South Asia, nothing touched me more than the Bangladeshi people’s struggle for memory, justice, and accountability regarding the Genocide perpetrated against Bangladesh by the Pakistani military authorities. This genocide, organised in tandem with Islamic fanatic organisations from both West and East Pakistan, was meant to destroy the Bengali identity by murdering elites, destroying religious diversity, and raping women. […]

Document type: Article
Publisher: South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF)
Place of Publication: Brussels
Date: 2022
Version: Secondary publication
Date Deposited: 22 Apr 2022 12:19
Faculties / Institutes: Miscellaneous > Individual person
DDC-classification: Political science
Controlled Keywords: Indisch-Pakistanischer Krieg, Unabhängigkeitsbewegung, Bangladesch-Krieg, Ost-West-Beziehungen, Staatenteilung, Bengali, Bürgerkrieg, Islam, Völkermord
Uncontrolled Keywords: Bangladesch, Krieg in Bangladesch, Völkermord, Pakistan, Militär, islamischer Fanatismus, Ost- und Westpakistan, bengalische Identität, Unabhängigkeit / Bangladesh, Bangladesh war, Genocide, Pakistan, military, Islamic fanatism, East and West Pakistan, Bengali identity, Independence
Subject (classification): Politics
Countries/Regions: Bangladesh
India
Pakistan
Series: Themen > SADF Comment
Volume: 228
Additional Information: DOI: 10.48251/SADF.ISSN.2406-5617.C228 (der Erstauasgabe)