MAULANA ABDUL HAMID KHAN BHASANI'S

APPEAL TO WORLD LEADERS

Dated April 21, 1971.

 

 

 

I

SECRETARY-GENERAL U-THANT, UNITED NATIONS,

NEW YORK, U.S.A.

 

On behalf of the 75-million people of Bangla Desh I appeal to you to use your good offices and raise your voice against the barbarities and brutali­ties being committed by the trigger happy soldiers of dictator General Yahya Khan on the innocent, unarmed and defenceless people of Bangla Desh irres­pective of their caste, creed and sect, including women, children and even new^­born babies in their mothers' arms. I appeal to you to raise our voice against this brutal suppression of fundamental human freedom and birth right of the people of Bangla Desh to decide their own destiny without any interference from West Pakistan. I appeal to you. Mr. Secretan-General, in the name of humanity to issue an immediate appeal to stop these brutal massacres of innocent people and to extend all possible help for the relief of the victims of dictator General Yah}a Khan against military rule in Bangla Desh. I would welcome sending your observers inside Bangla Desh to see the nature and volume of looting, arson, mass killings and molestation of women by West Pakistani Army so that they can reveal  the true picture of the sordid tale of Bangla Desh to the people of the world through the United Nations.

 

 

II

PRESIDENT MAO TSE-TUNG, PREMIER CHOU-EN-LAI, PEKING, CHINA

 

Ideology of Socialism is to fight against oppression. I appeal to you to save seven and half crores of oppressed people of Bangla Desh from the atro­cities committed on them by the military junta of dictator General Yahya Khan. Yahya's military government, by the help of modern war weapons supplied by your government, are mercilessly and brutally slaying the innocent, unarmed, helpless peasants, labourers, students, intelligentsia, women and children of Bangla Desh. If your Government do not protest this brutal atrocities committed on oppressed masses of Bangla Desh by the military junta with the help of vested interests of West Pakistan, the world may think that you are not the friend of oppressed people.

 

No such example of oppression, which the military junta is inflicting upon the innocent masses of Bangla Desh, will be found even in times of Chiang Kai-Shek's rule in your own land, Czar's rule in Russia and in times of British Imperialism in pre-independent India. The reports of atrocities and oppression, which are being given publicity by various Indian agencies, are in fact the smallest portion of the volume and nature of oppression and atrocities which are really happening in wretched land of Bangla Desh at present. World will come to know the true picture and actual nature, and will know the truth of my corn plaints, if the journalists, intelligentsia, politicians of any country, even of the countries friendly to Yahya's government, made field survey.

 

You are well aware that there are tremendous peoples' support behind the Independent Bangla Desh Government than that of Sihanouk Government's of Combodia. I, therefore, earnestly request you to please extend your support, recognition and all possible help to the Government of Independent People's Republic of Bangla Desh.

 

I had to undergo 31 years of imprisonment to achieve independence of Indo­Pak sub-continent and to achieve people's rights in Pakistan. I am at present an old man of 89. At this stage of my life my humble residence has been gutted by the barbarous soldiers of Yahya Khan. My precious collection of books from different countries has also been burnt by them. I do not know what has happened to the fate of my family after my house was set on fire.

 

 

III
SECRETARY-GENERAL BREZHNEV, PRESIDENT PODGORNY,
CHAIRMAN KOSYGIN, KREMLIN, MOSCOW, U.S.S.R.

 

On behalf of the 75 million people of Bangla Desh may I convey to you our appreciation of the statement issued by the Presidium of Supreme Soviet through President Podgorny on the situation in East Bengal? 1 should, however, like to point out that more positive action is urgently required to stop the barbar­ous massacre of hundreds of thousands of unarmed, helpless masses of Bangla Desh by the brutal military dictatorship of General Yahya Khan. These mass­acres are being perpetrated by the West Pakistani army with modern weapons of war supplied by U.S.A, and China. People are being butchered by the trigger happy^- soldiers of West Pakistan irrespective of caste, creed and sect, including women children and even new-born babies in their mothers' arms. They excel in their brutality anything that has happened in history before. I earnestly ap­peal to you to stop this bloody massacre and not supply any aid to the military dictatorship of Pakistan. Your country and your people, under the enlightened and wise leadership of Lenin, have stood for the rights of oppressed peoples to self determination, and have given moral, political and material support to national liberation movements in various parts of the world. I would, therefore, appeal to you to do the same for Bangla Desh and give it immediate recognition and all possible help to the Government of the People's Republic of Bangla Desh.

 

The Soviet Union is part of Asia as well as Europe. The Leninist policy of peace is a great stabilising factor for development throughout the world, parti­cularly in the developing countries. What is happening in Bangla Desh today is the worst form of colonialism and imperialism. Looting, arson, gangsterism, mass killings and molestation of women are the order of the day. We rely on the people of the U.S.S.R. to raise their voice against these barbarities and the suppression of human rights. I hope that your government will give immediate attention to this urgent problem and see that the 75 million people of Bangla Desh are allowed the freedom to decide their own destiny without any interference from the military dictatorship of Yahya Khan.

 

I had to undergo 31 years of imprisonment to achieve independence of Indo-Pak sub-continent and to achieve peoples' rights in Pakistan. I am at pre­sent an old man of 89. At this stage of my life my humble residence has been gutted by the barbarous soldiers of Yahya Khan. My precious collection of books from different countries has also been burnt by them. I do not know what has happened to the fate of my family after my house was set on fire.

 

 

 

IV

PRESIDENT NIXON, WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A.

 

Under the direction of dictator General Yahya Khan, and with the help of modern war weapons supplied by yours and China Governments the barbarous soldiers of West Pakistan are brutally slaying lakhs of innocent, unarmed and helpless masses of Bangla Desh irrespective of caste, creed and sect, including women, children and even new-born babies in their mothers' arms.

 

I fervently appeal to you to please stop fresh supply of arms and to do the needful to give an effective check in using those weapons previously supplied, so that Yahya's Government could not use these arms in killing the unarmed masses in Bangla Desh.

 

Please extend your immediate recognition and all possible help to the Govern­ment of the People's Republic of Bangla Desh.

 

I shall be highly obliged if you be kind enough to please make an arran­gement so that the foreign correspondents of different news agencies are able to tour inside Bangla Desh to see the nature and volume of looting, arson, gangsterism, mass killings, and molestation of women in Bangla Desh by West Pakistani army so that they can reveal the true picture of sordid tales of Bangla Desh to the people of the world.                                                                                   .

 

 

V
PRESIDENT POMPIDOU, PARIS, FRANCE

 

On behalf of the 75 million people of Bangla Desh may I appeal to you to raise your voice against the barbarous atrocities being committed by West Pakistani soldiers under the direction of dictator General Yahya Khan and with the help of modern weapons of war supplied to him by your government and other governments? I appeal to you to raise your voice against the brutal sup­pression of human rights in Bangla Desh. France has a great tradition of lea­ding the revolutionary movements of the world, and will, I hope, under your wise leaderships, give a lead in recognising the fundamental rights of the people of Bangla Desh to decide their destiny without any interference from the mili­tary regime of West Pakistan. France was great enough to recognise, the reali­ties of the situation in Vietnam and Algeria, and, we hope, you can convince the dictator General Yahya Khan to learn from these examples. I would ear­nestly appeal to you to extend immediate recognition and all possible help to the Government of the People's Republic of Bangla Desh. I would further welcome visits by your Press correspondents to tour inside Bangla Desh and see for themselves the nature and volume of looting, arson, gangsterism, mass kill­ings and molestation of women by the trigger happy soldiers of West Pakistan on the innocent, unarmed and helpless people of Bangla Desh.

 

 

VI

PRIME MINISTER EDWARD HEATH, LONDON, U.K.

 

I appeal to you on behalf of the 75 million people of Bangla Desh to raise your voice in support of their birth right for freedom to decide their own des­titry. I appeal to you to raise your voice against the brutal massacre of hund­reds of thousands of innocent East Bengalis by the military dictatorship of General Yahya Khan. I further appeal to you to stop any fresh supply of arms and to ensure that any arms supplied by U.K. are not used in killing unarmed, helpless masses in Bangla Desh. I hope that your government will recognise the realities of the situation and extend immediate recognition and all possible help to the Government of the People's Republic of Bangla Desh. It was heart­rending to read accounts of atrocities by British correspondents in the British newspapers. However, even these accounts fall far short of real nature and volume of looting, arson, gangsterism, mass killings and molestation of women that is being perpetrated by the trigger happy soldiers of West Pakistan on the innocent and defenceless people of Bangla Desh.

 

 

VII
PRESIDENT TITO, BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA

 

I appeal to you on behalf of the 75 million people of Bangla Desh to raise your voice against the barbarous atrocities being committed by the West Pakistani soldiers under the direction of dictator General Yahya Khan on the unarmed and defenceless people of Bangla Desh. I appeal to you to raise your voice against the brutal suppression of human rights in Bangla Desh. Your powerful voice has always been raised whenever human rights and human dig­nity have been suppressed. I request you, Mr. President, to speak out against un-speakable atrocities which are now going on in Bangla Desh and the complete denial of human freedom by the use of brutal force which is taking place there. I would earnestly appeal to you to extend immediate recognition and every possible help to the Government of the People's Republic of Bangla Desh. I would welcome visits by your press correspondents to Bangla Desh to see for themselves the nature and volume of looting, arson, gangsterism, mass killings and mole­station of women being committed by the trigger happy soldiers of West Pakistan on the innocent, unarmed and helpless people of Bangla Desh.

 

 

VIII

PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT, CAIRO, U.A.R.

 

Mr. President, I am addressing this appeal to you in your capacity as a great leader of the Muslim World to raise your voice in support of the 75 million people of Bangla Desh whose fundamental rights and freedoms are being brutally assaulted by the trigger happy soldiers of dictator General Yahya Khan. It is a travesty of Islam that is being perpetrated by the West Pakistani soldiers in Bangla Desh today. Hundreds of West Pakistani soldiers, armed to the teeth with modern weapons of war by imperialist powers. are killing innocent, unarmed, defenceless people of Bangla Desh in hundreds of thousands. The nature and volume of looting, arson, gangsterism, mass killings and molestation of women has to be seen to be believed. May I appeal to you to raise your voice against these brutalities and the suppression of human rights, and extend immediate recognition and all possible help to the Government of the People's Republic of Bangla Desh and for their right to decide their own destiny without any interference from the military dictator­ship of West Pakistan?

 

 

IX
Mr. ABDEL KHALEK HASSOUNA
Secretary-General, Arab League, Cairo, U.A.R.

 

I appeal to you on behalf of the 75 million people of Bangla Desh to -bring before the Arab League the brutalities being committed by trigger happy soldiers of General Yahya Khan on the innocent, unarmed and defenceless people of Bangla Desh. Women have been molested systematically, and even new-born babies in their mothers' arms have not been spared. All these unspeakable acts have been perpetrated by a Muslim army on an overwhelmingly Muslim population. The Arab League has raised its voice against oppression and injustice. Its silence on the horrible events in Bangla Desh has caused disappointment and dismay. I would request you to bring the tragic events in Bangla Desh, since the ruthless soldiers of General Yahya Khan were let loose on the 25th March, before the Arab League so that the voice of its august members may help in stopping the carnage and the suppression of human rights which is going on in Bangla Desh today. I would welcome visits by your representatives to tour inside Bangla Desh and see for themselves the extent of looting, arson, gangsterism, mass killings and molestation of women being committed by the soldiers of West Pakistan on the innocent, unarmed and helpless people of Bangla Desh.

 

 

X

Mr. DIALLO TELLI Secretary-General, O.A.U., Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

 

On behalf of the 75 million people of Bangla Desh I appeal to the O.A.U. to raise its voice against the barbarities and brutalities being committed by the trigger happy soldiers of General Yahya Khan on the innocent, unarmed and defenceless people of Bangla Desh. The mass killings of men, women and children, and molestation of women by the West Pakistani army in Bangla Desh is unprecedented in recent history. A small military clique is trying by the use of brutal force to suppress the rights of the people of Bangla Desh and human dignity and freedom. The O.A.U., which has fought for elimination of colonialism, should take note of the naked assertion of colonialism taking place in Bangla Desh today.

 

I appeal to you, Mr. Secretary-General, in the name of humanity to stop these brutal massacres of innocent people and to extend all possible help for the relief of the victims of dictator General Yahya Khan's military rule in Bangla Desh.

 

 

 

Source: Bangladesh Documents Vol 1, Page no - 299 - 303