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Foreign Minister (FM) AH Mahmood Ali said the government under the leadership of Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has set example by bringing to justice the perpetrators of sexual violence and crimes against humanity during the country's War of Liberation in 1971, reports BSS.

He said this Saturday at a three-day Global Summit on ending sexual violence in conflict that started in London on June 11, said an official release in Dhaka on the day.

In his statement, Mahmood apprised, 43 years back, 0.2 million Bengali women were subjected to crimes against humanity of horrendous proportions, including widespread rape, sexual torture, enslavement and forced pregnancy by occupying military forces and their auxiliary forces in 1971. Bangladesh has taken the bold step to break the cycle of impunity and bring the offenders to justice in a domestic war crimes trial.

In a video statement given at the Summit, Mahmood Ali reiterated the present government's political commitment to say 'no' to rape and other forms of sexual violence as well as impunity to crimes against humanity and work closely with the UK and all other global stakeholders including UN Peacekeeping Operations in closing the impunity gap in justice.