Who it affects
- Ethnic Bengali victims of the 1971 atrocities
- Bangladesh’s Hindu community
- The President of the United States
In committeeForeign affairsHuman rights
Recognition of the 1971 Bangladesh genocide
H.Res. 1130 · Resolution · Introduced March 20, 2026
This bill would condemn Pakistan’s military atrocities in Bangladesh in 1971 and urge the President to recognize crimes against ethnic Bengali Hindus as genocide.
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What it would do
- The House would condemn atrocities committed by Pakistan’s armed forces against Bangladesh’s people on March 25, 1971.
- It would recognize mass killings of ethnic Bengalis and the specific targeting of Hindus for destruction.
- It would recognize that entire ethnic or religious groups are not responsible for crimes committed by their members.
- It would ask the President to recognize the 1971 atrocities against ethnic Bengali Hindus as genocide.
- That request also includes recognition as war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- The resolution asks for presidential recognition; it does not require it.
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- Recognizing the Bangladesh Genocide of 1971 and protection of religious minorities in Bangladesh.
- Sponsor
- Rep. Landsman, Greg (D-OH)
- Introduced
- March 20, 2026
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Committees
- House Foreign Affairs Committee
- Latest action
- March 20, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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