Prosecuting 1971 rapes and other sexual violence crimes

In 1971, between 200,000 and 400,000 women were raped by members of the Pakistan army and its local collaborators. Many Bengali women were taken away by them and made to become sex slaves of the officers and soldiers for the duration of the war. These women received cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment. Also, rape and sexual slavery committed by the Pakistan army and its local collaborators during 1971 led to an estimated 25,000 forced pregnancies among Bengali women. Sexual violence crimes should be treated as the most henious crimes by the civilised nations of the world. The perpetrators of such crimes should never remain unpunished. Hence, the sexual violence crimes committed by the Pakistan army and its local collaborators against the Bengali women during the 1971 War of Liberation must be prosecuted.