Browsing Tag: Genocide

The resolution passed with a 13-0-0 vote and will establish the month of November at UCR as Sikh Awareness month and is dedicated to the remembrance of the genocide.

In an unprecedented move, the California State Assembly unanimously passed a resolution April 16 declaring that the Indian government was complicit in the murders of more than 3,000 Sikhs in the November 1984 riots...

Describing the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 as "genocide", Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said several persons who had a "role" in the carnage are yet to be punished.

[VIDEO] The city of Harvey Illinois is the first to make such a resolution. It was passed with this prayer: "Merciful God protect us from the violations of religious and human violations. The survivors, we want to view them as children of fire."

The Justice Rally held in front of the UN office in Geneva was attended by thousands of Sikhs from across Europe, the US and Canada.

The comments made by regional and national politicians that attended reinforces the view of the NSYF; that when our history is articulated in a narrative that places the events of 1984 into the wider context of Sikh history; it is clear to see how the massacres were part of a pre-planned politically motivated genocide.

As they reflect on the images before them, only the haunting lilt of an Indian sitar can be heard within the walls of the Gurdwara.

What then is the way forward? The justice route is deeply tainted....

This June as we remember the planned genocide by the Indian Army - Let us remember the genocide we Indians are unleashing right now on the original inhabitants (Adivasi's) of middle india by labeling them as separatist Naxal's.

Sikhs for Justice and All India Sikh Student Federation have moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court demanding a judicial probe into the horrific killing of Sikhs in village Hondh-Chillar in Rewari District, Haryana on November 2, 1984.

The All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) today claimed to have discovered a village in Haryana’s Rewari district where Sikhs were killed in the 1984 riots and since then the homes inhabited by them and the village gurdwara have been lying in ruins. Responding to the claim, the SGPC said it would investigate into the matter.

In Delhi alone more than 3000 Sikhs were burnt alive in the most gruesome manner. With the Delhi Police playing a most shameful passive role.

Working with the scorched lilies, the writer was transformed into a women's rights activist as she was slowly drawn into their domestic lives and helped them fight for a decent life.

In the first week of November, many Sikhs and their sympathisers place candle in their window sill and whisper a silent prayer in memory of more than 4,000 Sikh men, women and children killed in 1984 Sikh genocide.