NEW DELHI, Nov 11 Sikh leaders on Wednesday presented memorandum to the UN office here seeking justice for victims of 1984 anti Sikh carnage which perished thousands of Sikhs in India. They presented memorandum to Ms Shalini Dewan, Director, United Nations Information Centre and urged the UN to intervene as India has denied justice to victims of Nov. 1984 anti Sikh carnage.
Later talking to press, Kanwar Pal Singh, Spokesperson of Dal Khalsa said during the fifteen minutes talk, the UN Director has assured that the UN will put moral pressure on Indian government to deliver justice to the victims. She also said the memorandum will be dispatched to the UN Headquarter in New York.
Among those who presented the memorandum were Harchranjit Singh Dhami, President Dal Khalsa, Ajit Singh Bains, Chairman, Punjab Human Rights Organization;
Manjit Singh Calcutta, Chairman, Shiromani Panthic Council;
Bhai Mohkam Singh, Chairman, Khalsa Action Committee; Kanwar Pal Singh, Spokesperson of Dal Khalsa; Karnail Singh Panjoli, Executive member , SGPC, Amritsar and Harpal Singh Cheema, Gen. Secretary Shiromani Akali Dal (Panch Pardani)
The memorandum addressed to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said Sikhs have undergone the treacherous and painful times of the first week of November 1984, when 2, 733 Sikhs (official figures) were killed in Delhi alone.
A string of inquiry commissions and committees set up by the government of India, under pressure of civil society has been unable to uncover the truth and also prosecute the high and mighty conspirators and perpetrators.
All possible forums of redress available in India have been exhausted by the victim families, civil liberties organizations and human rights lawyers.
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the diplomatic corps of many countries have urged India to act in the interest of justice, but nothing has been done. Less than 10 accused have been implicated and their sentence too has not been confirmed by higher courts, the memorandum said.
In an unprecedented show of solidarity, on November 3, the whole of the state of Punjab shut its shutters in commemoration of 25 years of the anti Sikh genocidal attacks that took place in more than 80 towns of the country in Nov. 1984, it said.
Sikhs are citizens of India and India is a member of the United Nations. As India has failed to protect our rights, human dignity, distinct identity and even our bare existence, it is time for the parent body �United Nations� to get involved and put pressure on India to deliver justice, the memorandum added.
Prabhjot Singh
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http://www.SikhPress.com
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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