New Delhi (November 05, 2011): The Supreme Court of India on Friday, November 4, upheld the sentence of life imprisonment awarded to former Punjab police personnel. These persons were found guilty of abducting and then killing human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, who was probing the enforced disappearance of Sikhs and mass secret cremation of their bodies during mid-1980s to mid-1990s.
Patiala (February 02, 2011): The Sikh Students Federation has raised its concern for human rights as the organization believes that a policy of Punjab Government assuring immunity to police officials accused of committing gross violations of human rights would deteriorate the condition.
Ludhiana (December 10, 2010 – SSN): While observing Human Rights Day, the Shiromani Akali Dal (Panch Pardhani) today organized a seminar on “Human Rights and Democracy in Punjab”, which was attended by eminent human rights activists, lawyers, leaders of various political and social organizations, who resolved after considering the views of speakers that ‘systematic and [...]
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.
Nabha/ Ludhiana (February 26, 2010): After almost thirteen days of illegal detention the Police showed arrest of Darshan Singh S/o Gajjan Singh, resident of village Manki, District Sangrur on Thursday, the February 25th.
Patiala (February 24, 2010): Karamjeet Kaur of village Manki, Sangrur has once again claimed that her brother in Law is in illegal detention of Punjab Police since 13 February.
Patiala (February 19, 2010): The family of two brothers, who are missing since Saturday, moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Punjab Human Rights Commission, yesterday but there is no information regarding their whereabouts.
Family members of Darshan Singh and Jassa Singh Manki with SFHR representativesPatiala (February 18, 2010): SFHR today conducted a press conference at Patiala and brought the matter of illegal detention of Jasbir Singh and Darshan Singh to the knowledge of media.
n swift action in wake of the various daily Newspapers’ reports regarding illegal detention of Gurbachan Singh (70) and his son Avtar Singh (26), the Mansa police, on Friday, released the father-son duo from Jhandu Ke village.
Jhunir SHO feigned ignorance about the detention of Gurbachan Singh and Avtar Singh by the Mansa police. “Some other police party might have picked them up for interrogation,” he said, while denying that the father-son duo was in his custody.