Dhaka, March 24 -- Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, a human rights organization working against religious discrimination, has warmly welcomed the resolution introduced on March 20 in the second session of the 119th Congress of the United States House of Representatives by Congressman Greg Landsman, calling for the recognition of the 'genocide' committed in Bangladesh during the Great Liberation War of 1971.

In a press statement issued by the organization's central committee, the call made in the resolution for the protection of religious minorities has also been described as "appropriate and timely."

The statement further expressed deep concern that, even in the 54 years since independence, under different governments,...