‘Blockade’ screened in The Hague

The Embassy of Bangladesh in The Hague has organised screening of a Liberation War documentary titled ‘Blockade’ as the month of Victory knocks the door.

The documentary is based on true storyof nonviolent protest to stop the shipment of arms from the US to Pakistan during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.

Blockade, screened on November 25, tells the story of how a group of American and Bengali activists protested against the U.S. government’s military and economic support for Pakistan during the war by staging a non-violent blockade of Pakistani ships in East Coast ports. Drawing upon rare archival images of the protests and direct interviews with key activists, Blockade offers a powerful reminder of the lengths that ordinary people around the world went to in order to stop the genocide in Bangladesh, said the Embassy yesterday.

Encouraged by our Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic 7th March speech, when people of Bangladesh orchestrated their protests, the Western media gradually came to know of the horror unleash by the Pakistani forces.

 

Blockade screened in The Hague

The Embassy of Bangladesh in The Hague has organised screening of a Liberation War documentary titled Blockade as the month of Victory knocks the door. The documentary is based on true storyof nonviolent protest to stop the shipment of arms from the US to Pakistan during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Blockade, screened on November 25, tells the story of how a group of American and Bengali activists protested against the U.S. governments military and economic support for Pakistan during the war by staging a non-violent blockade of Pakistani ships in East Coast ports. Drawing upon rare archival images of the protests and direct interviews with key activists, Blockade offers a powerful reminder of the lengths that ordinary people around the world went to in order to stop the genocide in Bangladesh, said the Embassy yesterday. Encouraged by our Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahmans historic 7th March speech, when people of Bangladesh orchestrated their protests, the Western media gradually came to know of the horror unleash by the Pakistani forces.