By ABP Live News
<p>India’s Charge d’Affaires at the United Nations, Eldos Mathew Punnoos, strongly condemned Pakistan for its long history of sexual violence, dating back to 1971, and stressed the urgent need for justice for survivors of such crimes.</p>
<p>Speaking at the UN Security Council’s Open Debate on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence on Tuesday (local time), Punnoos recalled the atrocities committed by the Pakistani Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War, when “hundreds of thousands of women in erstwhile East Pakistan” suffered brutal sexual crimes. He noted that this disturbing pattern has not stopped and continues even today, particularly against women from minority communities in Pakistan.</p>
<p>“The impunity with which the Pakistan Army committed heinous acts in 1971 remains a matter of shameful record. What is worse is that this deplorable trend persists even now,” Punnoos said.</p>
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