Declare Enforced Disappearance ‘a Crime’: SSF

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Published: August 30, 2010
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Patiala (August 30, 2010): Marking the “International Day of the Disappeared”, the Sikh Students Federation today voiced concern about the plight of persons, and their families, who have been forced to go missing at the hands of State’s security forces in Punjab during mid-1980s to 1990s.

Paradise on Fire: Violation of Human Rights in Kashmir – by Sanman Kaur Grewal

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Published: August 18, 2010
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Following armed hostilities in 1947-1949 between India and Pakistan and intervention by the international community, the region once known as the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir was divided. Commencing no later than October 1947, the Kashmir dispute has proved the most protracted territorial dispute in the United Nations era.

Sikhs in ‘Independent’ India

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Published: August 15, 2010
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I am a Sikh, it’s my crime…
“I am a SIKH” kill me and call it…. “COLLATERAL DAMAGE”
imprison me and call it…. “SECURITY MEASURES”.

15 August observed as “Black Day” by Sikhs; Peaceful sit-in at Amritsar

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Published: August 15, 2010
Dal Khalsa Sit in on 15 August 2010 at Amritsar
15 August observed as "Black Day" by Sikhs; Peaceful sit-in at Amritsar

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Amritsar (August 15, 2010): Today marks the 63rd anniversary of the India’s independence. It is a “Black Day” for all the minorities of India. India has a poor record of human rights, from Kashmir to Punjab to Northeast. India has extremely serious human rights problems. Primary among them is the culture of impunity to security [...]

India at war with itself

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Published: August 15, 2010
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The starter question I asked myself when I was thinking about what I might usefully say here today was this: How serious a threat to stability, and perhaps even democracy, are India’s insurgency movements?

Letter by Advocate HS Phoolka to Giani Gurbachan Singh

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Published: August 14, 2010
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Since November 1984, with the blessings of the Guru, I have been vehemently pursuing the cases relating to the Sikh Genocide. I have been pursuing these cases since the past 26 years and during this period I have not charged any fee for the cases or taken any kind of a donation.

An open letter to Indian PM Dr Manmohan Singh by Dal Khalsa

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Published: July 5, 2010
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Amritsar (July 5, 2010): Perturbed over the recent comments of Indian Prime Minister that “Sikh extremism in Canada, which has no support in India, is not good for Canada”, the Dal Khalsa wrote a letter to Dr Manmohan Singh asking him to desist from making comments which cast aspersions on the Sikhs.

Genocide 1984: Long Search For Culprits – by Shamsul Islam

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Published: June 15, 2010
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It is generally believed that the Congress cadres were behind this genocide. This is true but there were other forces too which actively participated in this massacre and whose role has never been investigated. Those who were witness to the genocide of 1984 were stunned by the swiftness and military precision of the killer marauding gangs (later on witnessed during the Babri mosque demolition, burning alive of Dr. Graham Steins with his two sons and recent pogrom of the Muslims in Gujarat) who went on a burning spree of the innocent Sikhs. This was beyond the capacity of the Congress thugs.

Memory of the Golden Temple Tragedy – by Sajjad Shaukat*

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Published: June 8, 2010
June 1984 Attack on Darbar Sahib
June 1984 Attack on Darbar Sahib

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June 5 and June 6 are reminders of the ‘Operation Blue Star’ when Indian military, led by General Kuldip Singh Brar, launched attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of Sikhs in 1984, to arrest Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, the only leader who had been boldly fighting for the rights of Sikhs.

Sikhs And Kashmiris Demonstration Against Indian Government To Remove Its Forces From Their Lands

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Published: June 2, 2010
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Toronto (June 27, 2010 – Habib Yousafzai): Numerous groups protested today to have their concerns heard by the world leaders who have arrived here in Toronto, Canada, to attend the G20 Summit.

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