Talwandi Sabo (October 18, 2009) All eleven members of 31st Jatha heading towards dera Salabatpura are arrested by the Police.
While addressing a gathering held at Law Bhawan, Chandigarh Madam Usha Ramanathan said that very existence of death punishment in statute books legitimates killings by the State.
Mansa (October 16, 2009) Mansa police is once again accused for ‘hostage taking’ as it is alleged by wife and daughter of Sirdar Gurbachan Singh Patwari of Jhanduke village that Gurbachan Singh is in illegal custody of Mansa Police for more than two days along his son Avtar Singh. Bibi Ranjeet Kaur, wife of Gurbachan [...]
Advocate Navkiran Singh, General Secretary of Lawyers of Human Rights International, informed SikhSiyasat Network that a petition seeking clemency for Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar is published online by LFHRI and is open for signatures for about next two months. He said that LFHRI has under taken a signature campaign against death penailty awarded to Prof. Bhullar.
Sikh Students Federation, premier organization of Sikh Students in Punjab today reorganized it’s Punjabi University, Patiala unit. At a gathering of University students held at Open Air Theater located in the campus SSF Unit president Surjeet Singh Gopipur tendered his resignation.
Activist of Shirmani Akali Dal (Panch Pardhnai) today submitted a memorandum to Deputy commissioner of Nawanshahr district seeking release of Bhai Daljeet Singh Bittu and other leaders of Panch Pardhani arrested by the police allegedly at the instance of Punjab Government in wake of upcoming SGPC elections.
As per a news reported by Kashmir Watch representatives of Pakistan and India on Friday (October 09, 2009) had a verbal duel over the decades-old Jammu and Kashmir dispute between the two South Asian countries in the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee, which deals with decolonisation questions.
All eleven female members of a Sikh Jatha heading towards dera Salabatpura, Punjab head quarter of Dera Sauda Sirsa (DSS), are arrested by Punjab Police. The 30th Sikh Jatha left Takhat Sri Damdama Sahib, Talwandi Sabo after Ardas at around 3 Pm and the police chased the vehicles used by Jatha and arrested all members.
Signature Campaign against Death Sentence Awarded to Prof. Devinderpal Singh BhullarA Signature campaign against the death penalty was launched Saturday by the Lawyers for Human Rights International from Chandigarh and Dal Khalsa & the Khalsa Action Committee from Sri Amritsar on the occasion of World Day against the Death Penalty.
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