1984 genocide: Is anyone doing anything?

[RanbirSahota]

Fellow Sikhs,

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh.

www.petitiononline.com/84geno/petition.html

1984 genocide petition has gone very quiet. No progress seems to be happening.
What organisations are behind it?
What is the timeline?
Are we getting them signed in gurudwaras like Turban petition?
Please advise urgently to all yahoogroups worldwide and gurudwara committees.
Is Sikh Coalition of America and United Sikhs involved with it?
What do we do? Only 3400 signatures so far.

It is a shame that no Akali Dal or human rights organisations and SGPC
are not doing anything? Shame on us. Shame on yahoogroups. Shame
on Sikh organisations.

Regards
Ranbir Singh

[A Singh Brother]

www.sikhionline.com/

www.undergroundsikhi.com/
Please check the above 2 sites out whenever you get a chance to do so.

[Pundits dad]

it was the Indian govt who messed up .... they could have used all the time to force any "militants" out instead of attaking the Golden Temple, destorying the Akal Takht (The political voice of the Sikh nation). Looting and Burning down the Sikh Reference library. Murdering Innocent elderly men, women and children.... and then attacking 40 or so other gurdwaras in the same fukin operation.

Then over 10,000 innocent Sikhs murdered by Indian Hindu terrorist groups members led by congress party nazis.

So if we want to keep armz in our gurdwaras we are allowed to and have been doing so ever since our 6th guru gave us the right too.

[Ranbir]

To the angyry writes above:

Kuldip Singh Brar commanded Operation Bluestar 20 years ago. check his comments out on www.rediff.com/news/2004/jun/03spec.htm

As you know Bhindranwale had shifted to the first floor of the Akal Takht. How did the Sikhs allow that? It was against the religion's tenets. The Akal Takht is where the Guru Granth Sahib [the Sikh holy book] is kept at night after being taken from the Harmindar Sahib. No one is allowed to stay above the Guru Granth Sahib, but Bhindranwale and his immediate accomplices were living on the Akal Takht's first floor [The only person to have resided in the Akal Takht prior to this was Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th and last guru of the Sikhs].
The members of the SGPC [the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee which has managerial control of the Golden Temple and other gurdwaras in India] were living elsewhere in the Temple. They had long lost control of the situation and had no say in what was happening. The writ of Bhindrawale ran not just in the Golden Temple or in Amritsar but throughout Punjab.
Try reading Operation Bluestar: The True Story, then you will not be indocrinated by The flasr lies of the terrorists.
I trust you are a true Sikh because many of my brothers drink alcohol and have cut their hair and use various EXCUSES to account for this!

[Punjab2000]

email from jagtar singh

[Khalistan] MEDIA COVERAGE OF 1984 RALLY AND MARCH IN CENTRAL LONDON

This was without doubt one of the best publicised
"anniversary" events over the last 20 years. BBC
On-line started the coverage with an article in the
early hours of Sunday 6 June titled "UK Sikhs remember
Amritsar attack" which is reproduced opposite.

BBC Radio 5 Live was next in on the act with a
broadcast at 5.20 am. Many mainstream national radio
stations then followed with broadcasts on Sunday
morning. Millions of people were aware that Sikhs in
London were protesting about the events of June 1984.

BBC Radio 4 (Sunday) also broadcast a special feature
titled "Twenty years since the storming of Amritsar"
at around 7.30 am on Sunday 6 June which it recorded
on Friday 4 June. This included an extremely
controversial comment by a prominent member of the
Gurdwara Management Committee from a Gurdwara in
Southall. The recording is available on the BBC web
site using the following link:

www.bbc.co.uk/religion/realmedia/sunday/s20040606d.ram

Sikhs in West London in particular are urged to try
and listen to the recording in the next few days and
judge for themselves what if any action should be
taken, such as a resignation and public apology in the
press and on radio by the Gurdwara concerned.

BBC WM also broadcast an interview on the morning news
and separate interviews were given by Sikh Federation
(UK) representatives across the UK, such as to BBC
South and BBC East Midlands.

At 7.40 in the morning the Press Association had
released the report shown below and this has been
picked up in around 25 cities and regions across the
UK. These included: Berkshire, Cheshire, Coventry,
Croydon, Ealing, Essex, Harrow, Hounslow,
Huddersfield, Kent, Liverpool, Newcastle, North
London, North Wales, Scotland, Solihull, South London,
Staines, Surrey, Teeside, The Wharf, Uxbridge and
Wales.

Teletext services such as Ceefax were also carrying
news items on Sunday 6 June. The London News Network
showed footage of the rally and march later that
evening on television.

7:40am (UK)
Sikhs Remember Temple Massacre
By Emily Pennink, PA News

Thousands of British Sikhs were converging on central
London today to mark the 20th anniversary of the
Indian Army's storming of their holiest shrine, the
Golden Temple of Amritsar.

The temple, which is at the heart of the Sikh faith,
was at the centre of fighting in 1984 when the Indian
government tried to root out 40 Sikh militants
fighting for an independent homeland.

Official figures stated there were hundreds of
casualties but many believe the death toll ran into
thousands although the bodies were cremated, according
to the Sikh Federation UK.

British Sikhs, remembering the attack, are also
calling for Amnesty International and the United
Nations to fully investigate the deaths.

Thousands of people will be at a rally in Hyde Park,
then marching to the Indian High Commission in London,
said Federation spokesman Jagtar Singh.

Twenty coffins, symbolising 20 years, will be carried
on the march.


Listen now
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/realmedia/sunday/s20040606d.ram

[Ranbir]

in.rediff.com/news/2004/jun/10spec1.htm

Like Sikh terrorism, the current wave of Islamist terror will subside once the terrorists turn predatory (as their recent attacks in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan indicate) and lose popular support.
In the final stages, the terrorists turned increasingly against the Sikhs themselves and became predatory. It is at this stage that the militants lost support and were finally overcome towards 1993.

Sikhs, by the dint of sheer hard work, prospered and came to occupy a dominant position in many fields, including in the armed forces. A distinction needs to be clearly made between a distinct religious identity and political separatism based on religion.

[Tera Pyo]

OPPRESSION AGAINST SIKHS & OTHER MINORITIES BY GOVT OF INDIA:
www.sikhs.org (Who are SIKHS ?)
www.shaheedkhalsa.com (Oppression against Sikhs)
www.interlog.com/~sikhs/atroc.htm (Torture Against Sikhs)
www.khalistan.net/genocide.htm (Pictures of Saheed Sikhs)
www.maboli.com/Sikh_HR/Picture_Gallery/torture_1.html (Torture against Sikhs)
groups.yahoo.com/group/khalistan/files/SikhVoice.mp3 (The Sikh Case)
www.witness84.com (20 years after 1984, the justice has still not been delivered)
www.remember84.com (Silent march through New York City)
www.sikhcoalition.org/ListReports.asp (HateCrime against Nation less community)

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[RepnSinghz]

It was a bad time, rest in peace to those lost souls who died (sikh and hindu alike.)
It was a sad time, when brothers fought in arms.

But we shouldnt dwell..we keep harping on about khalistana and 1984, but most people use these "relegious" movements as vents for channelling their anger.

Remember, the gurus familys were hindu. Guru angad dev ji was a hindu for 80+ years before he received the jot of guru nanak dev ji.

Hindus are our brothers, we should work together to wipe out those responsible for killing innocent people, not pointing fingers and diving ourselves!

Gurfateh

[Punjab2000]

UN urged to investigate 1984 Sikh genocide
Sunday 22nd May, 2005
Fauja Singh - Panthic Weekly Staff

London, UK (KP) – This week saw UN call for an independent investigation into the killing of protestors by Uzbek troops. The Sikh Federation (UK) has written to Louise Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calling for greater consistency in the international approach to killings by troops. The letter has been copied to the UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and Benita Ferrero-Waldner the European Commissioner responsible for External Relations who have backed calls for an independent inquiry into the events in Uzbekistan.




The Chair of the Sikh Federation (UK), Bhai Amrik Singh, has said: “We are pleased with the new found world order that allows the UN, EU and foreign governments such as the UK to legitimately call for an independent international inquiry when troops are used to kill protestors in countries like Uzbekistan. However, we are still waiting for international action against those responsible for the genocide of Sikhs in 1984.”<br>

The letter goes on to state: “We are fast approaching the 21st anniversary of the June 1984 assault by the Indian army on the Golden Temple complex, the Sikhs' holiest shrine, which resulted in sacred buildings and historic artefacts being destroyed or damaged beyond repair. The unprecedented action using artillery and tanks took place on one of the most important days in the Sikh calendar, when there were huge numbers of pilgrims in attendance. This was a well-calculated and deliberate move by the Indian authorities that ended in thousands of innocent Sikhs being killed in cold blood, many with their hands and feet bound, including women and children. The genocide was not confined to the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar. Scores of other Sikh Gurdwaras were stormed by the Indian army throughout Panjab and tens of thousands of Sikhs were arrested, tortured, and killed.”<br>

In the letter the Sikh Federation (UK) has urged the international community to undertake an independent UN investigation to ensure the prosecution of those responsible for the killings and destruction. A Federation spokesman said: “There must be international proceedings as there has been a persistent failure of successive Indian Governments to take any action against those responsible for the Sikh genocide.”<br>

The letter also asks the UN to ensure that the families of the victims are compensated and if the Indian authorities refuse to abide by UN requirements for there to be appropriate UN sanctions - trade and diplomatic. In the letter to the UN the Sikh Federation (UK) has revealed that it is nearing an agreement in London that would see those responsible for genocide and gross human rights violations being either denied entry or facing prosecution under applicable local and international laws. The Federation has told the UN it would like to see this move extended to a worldwide ban on the movement of those involved in genocide and gross human rights violations.


A Federation spokesman said: “We will be working with international human rights groups, such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other NGOs to produce an "exclusion-list" that we hope can be endorsed by the UN. This will send a direct message to Indian police officers and army personnel that have been involved in genocide and human rights violations - the international community will ensure justice for the Sikhs.”<br>
see www.panthic.org/news/121/ARTICLE/1365/2005-05-22.html

The reporter can be reached at [e-mail]

[thatdaku]

Peeps let get something straigh the right wing hindu peeps and the goverment aint gonna do a S#!t about 84, ythey dont give a S#!t.