US lawmaker Greg Landsman has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives to officially declare the atrocities committed against Bengali Hindus in Bangladesh in 1971 as genocide, which has been referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

US Congressman Greg Landsman has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives to recognize the atrocities committed by the Pakistani army and its allies against Bengali Hindus in 1971 as war crimes and genocide. The resolution cites historical evidence of the violence.