The Book War & Women pen and ink by Dr MA Hasan was launched in the UN building on 24th of this calendar month.
According to press proclamation, the prestigious event was organized by Bangladesh Freedom Fighters Sansad in Europe.
Amin Khshru from Frankfurt, Tazul Islam from Zurich and Dr Iqbal Ahmed from Geneva were present and spoke against Pak Army on genocide in 1971.
Tazul Islam, a freedom fighter of Bangladesh based in Zurich was the chief guest.
He spoke about the significance of the book, which was a testimony of Bengali women being subjected to atrocities of sexual abuse by Pakistan Army during the 1971 war.
This was termed as Genocide and Tazul Islam urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to take punitive action against Pakistan.
Executive members from International NGOs were also present in the book launch held at the serpentine cafetaria inside the UN building.
Nearly 30 people participated at the event. Dr Hasan, the author of the book, in a video presentation from Dhaka explained the reality of such abuse committed by Pakistani soldiers.
Lamino, a human rights defender from Geneva spoke on the book launch and urged the Human Rights Council to take action against the perpetrators of the genocide.
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