Canadian Law Makers say “ November 1984 – Sikh Victims are Denied Justice " | read this item
Ottawa, Canada ( November 1, 2011 ) – Several hundred Canadian Sikhs stood strong together outside the Parliament of Canada today to remember the victims of November 1984 and were greeted warmly by Canadian politicians, who acknowledged the need to pursue justice by bringing the perpetrators of such violence to trial.
Prominent politicians like Sheila Copps, who is currently running to become the President of the Liberal Party of Canada spoke to the gathering to lend her support. Likewise, The Honourable Jim Karygiannis (Scarborough-Agincourt) met with the crowd to voice the need to remember the victims and to pursue those responsible.
1984 Victims Demand Countrywide Investigation By Supreme Court | read this item
New Delhi ( November 1, 2011 ) : On the 27th anniversary of November 1984 Massacre of Sikhs, victims and widows of 1984 held an Insaaf Yaatra from Hondh-Chillar, Haryana to Supreme Court of India. Victims urged the apex court to take suo moto action by ordering country wide investigation to determine the true nature, scope and scale of attack on Sikh population of India and resulting deaths during November 1984. Yaatra was attended by people numbering in several thousands, carrying placards and lamenting utter denial of justice despite lack of 27 years.
The massacre of Sikhs in Nov 1984 is a blot on the ‘so-called’ secular face of India: Hurriyat leader Geelani | read this item
‘Minority communities should improve mutual ties for their safety’
In a significant development, Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Tuesday said that the minorities needed to build a close rapport with one another to ensure their protection and start serious deliberations to consolidate their mutual relations.
Expressing solidarity with the victims of 1984 anti-Sikh carnage, said “Hindu fascism” in India had reached alarming proportions and minorities in the country were being treated as “second-class citizens.” He advised that “minority communities should improve mutual ties for their safety”.
File Photo: Izhar Alam sitting along side Badal Dal leaders on stage of Badal Dal
Alam Sena, Mohammad Izhar Alam, Baba Harnam Singh Bhumma, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Badal Dal, Sant Samaj, Damdami Taksal | read this item
Jalandhar, Punjab (October 30, 2011): It could be termed as another set back to the efforts of various Human Rights organizations to secure justice for victims of mass level human rights violations, in Punjab as the nexus between violators and political set-up is turning into political power sharing alliance.
Bhullar's plea scheduled for hearing in Indian Supreme Court on 19 October | read this item
New Delhi ( October 18, 2011 ): The Supreme Court of India is scheduled to hear the clemency plea of Professor Devinderpal Singh Bhullar on Wednesday, 19th of October. Bhullar has been on death row for more than eight years, after he was convicted, in 2001, by a designated TADA court for criminal conspiracy in a 1993 bomb blast case. His appeal was finally dismissed by the Supreme Court of India in 2003. Later a review petition against the death sentence was filed with the President of India under Article 72. Home Ministry of India took more than eight years to decide tender its’ advice to the President of India in this case. Delay in execution is now base of clemency plea filed by Bhullar’s wife in the Supreme Court.
Human Rights Abuses in Punjab and Wikileaks: Alam Sena's existence find mention in US diplomatic cable | read this item
Ludhiana (September 22, 2011): Issue of mass level human rights abuse in Punjab by police and para-military forces of Punjab and India finds a Wikileaks link. A recent “expose” by Wikileaks mentions the existence of “Alam Sena”.
Nazim Rashid, who died in custody of SOG | read this item
Srinagar, (August 02, 2011): Another custodial death is reported by various sections of media from Kashmir. Nazim Rashid, a 28-year-old youth, is reported to have died in police custody in Baramulla district’s Sopore town on 31 July, 2011 a day after he was detained.
Srinagar (July 28, 2011): The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) today released the report Half Widow, Half Wife? Responding to Gendered Violence in Kashmir. It examines the situation of women in Indian-administered Kashmir whose husbands have ‘disappeared,’ but not yet been declared deceased. Members of APDP who are themselves half widows released this report at SK Municipal Park, Srinagar.
PUCL to hold two days seminar on misuse of Sedition and other laws in India | read this item
Chandigarh (April 22, 2011): The People’s Union for Civil Liberties is organising an all India seminar on the 7th and 8th of May, 2011 in Delhi on the “Attack by the State on the Life and Personal liberty of its people in Democratic India: Examining the Law on Sedition, other Draconian Laws and Human Rights Violations of Citizens under Ordinary Laws.”
Jathedar Gurdev Singh Kaunke - no whereabouts since 20 December, 1992 when he was picked up by the Police Force)
Jathedar Gurdev Singh Kaunke - no whereabouts since 20 December, 1992 when he was picked up by the Police Force) | read this item
Chandigarh (April 12, 2011): Nearly two decades after enforced disappearance of Akal Takht’s former Jathedar Bhai Gurdev Singh Kaunke a Public Interest Litigation seeks an independent inquiry into the incident.
Canadian Law Makers say “ November 1984 – Sikh Victims are Denied Justice " | 
1984 Victims Demand Countrywide Investigation By Supreme Court | 
The massacre of Sikhs in Nov 1984 is a blot on the ‘so-called’ secular face of India: Hurriyat leader Geelani | 
File Photo: Izhar Alam sitting along side Badal Dal leaders on stage of Badal Dal
Nazim Rashid, who died in custody of SOG | 
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Jathedar Gurdev Singh Kaunke - no whereabouts since 20 December, 1992 when he was picked up by the Police Force)
