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Punjab Ki Fauj · 06-25-2005, 08:08 AM

Press Release:

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International Human Rights Organisation
Of The Indian Subcontinent

210, New Judicial Courts Complex, Ludhiana- 141 001

Punjab DGP Virk’s outbursts against Human Rights NGOs

‘We are committed to secure Rule of Law by protecting Human Rights’

International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO) broke the news of arrest of Babbar Khalsa, India’s chief Jagtar Singh Hawara to the national daily, Hindustan Times (HT), the day Delhi police clandestinely picked him up, in the morning, from near the Punjabi University, Patiala, apprehending his elimination at the hands of the police, as it has been the police practice in this country. The HT then enquired from Punjab Director General of Police (DGP), S S Virk about the hot news. His effortless reply to such a big query was: ‘I have not got any information as yet (10.30 PM). In case any district police have nabbed him, I would not like to interfere as I want authentic information, not a conjecture.” It means, at that time, he was unaware of the news and overconfident that the news was a conjecture. HT correspondent told him that according to its chairperson, “the IHRO has clinching proof about Hawara’s arrest and demanded that he be produced in court on Wednesday”. Next day, the Delhi police demonstrated that they had arrested Hawara from Delhi on June 7, thus telling lie, besides, dodging the lethargic DGP, Punjab, committing lawlessness and discarding Punjab law courts. And for all these, the Central and state administrations too are responsible. If the arrest is shown wrong for a big ‘catch’, how could they prove, in court of law, the subsequent recoveries claimed to have been made etc, as genuine ones? Any way, let us leave it upon them to do the trick. It is for the court to see.

“Beaten by the Delhi police, the Punjab police today (June 20) did a face-facing exercise. Punjab DGP S S Virk called a press conference to list out their achievements since Jagtar Singh Hawara’s arrest”, says The Indian Express (DGP shows off his trophies, says Babbars not the same). He gave all retails of the arrests and subsequent recoveries from Hawara’s near and dear ones or his so-called associates in Punjab. In all, Virk admitted to have arrested 24 persons, some with recoveries of RDX, arms and ammunitions for which a dozen cases have been registered in various police stations. “Praising” Babbars for changing tactics and camouflaging his failures, when confronted with bursting questions from media persons, the DGP started a blame game, saying, “They (Babbars) have changed their strategy. Now human rights groups are also with them. When Hawara was arrested, the International Human Rights Organisation came to know about it…,” said the DGP. It is fine if the IHRO could know about the arrest and it rightly did its duty to inform the people and put on the alert the law enforcing agencies to follow the rule of law by producing him in court.

We as Human Rights Watchdog shall deal with matters pertaining to funda*mental human rights in any sphere in any respect but in a fair and candid spirit, observing and projecting the rule of fair play to all concerned, of course, resisting all sorts of visible or invisible pressures, including the present incumbent Virk’s deemed threats to human rights and lawyers activists. Human rights abuses present and past, the inquiries held or proposed to be held and the decisions of the Judiciary and the like shall be highlighted so that the violators desist from committing such abuses, the victims gain awareness and the administrators investigate them before they assume notoriety. We would undertake a thorough documentation of case studies involving illegal arrests, custodial torture and harassment of families in the wake of Hawara’s arrest.

If tormentors are brought to book, the victims of such Human Rights abuses will have a strong therapeutic effect. Bringing perpetrators to justice can help to prevent a cycle of private revenge from developing. By applying the law, firmly but fairly, the State can also avoid vigil in which private citizens or public officials in a private capacity take the law into their own hands. ‘Whereas it is essential, if person is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law’(Preamble to Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948).

And that is why, the Lawyers for Human Rights International (LHRI), on June 20, moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking status report about their whereabouts and protection over 150 persons illegally taken into custody by the Punjab and the Chandigarh police for questioning in the wake of the arrest of Babbar Khalsa activist Hawara. Claiming that these persons were forcibly and illegally picked up by the police, lawyer activist of LHRI, Arvind Thakur, asserted in his petition to the NHRC that they had been picked up for interrogation without the knowledge of their relatives who feared their elimination at the hands of the police, whose track record on human rights is in bad shape, as has often been said by the state human rights commission in its annual reports, besides national and international human rights governmental and non-governmental agencies.

Thus, outbursts of the DGP against human rights and lawyers activists are nothing but a frustration as he has been sleeping over the matter first as head of the Intelligence Wing and lately as DGP, Punjab. Hawara was very much there around him in the state, hale and healthy without any disguise. And his (Virk’s) department’s intelligence report was that Hawara, along with his associates, had left India after the Burail jail break. Where was his intelligence? Then, why does he blame others? They are doing their job but he does not seem to do what he needs to do. We as a watchdog and watchman of the world society should all join hands to expose incompetent persons in uniform, such as Virk.

D S Gill

Chair IHRO

P S: Alas, the media mostly give official (police) versions of the incidents and the accused (victims) taken into custody [The typical case being of Hawara arrest]. It is a media trial of the innocent victims (before they are found guilty in law courts). The medial trial affects (poison) the mind and attitude of the Judiciary. Thus, it neutralises the justice system, the only organ of the state that seems working. I therefore urge the media people to observe restrain and try to investigate and verify the veracity of the police version.

-dsgill

Punjab Ki Fauj · 06-29-2005, 06:27 AM

Press Release:

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WSC-AR Unequivocally Condemns All Terrorism, India's Demonization of Sikh Community

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 28, 2005

Contact: Dr. Tarunjit Singh, Secretary General, World Sikh Council -
America Region (WSC-AR), 614-210-0591, contact@worldsikhcouncil.org

Once again, there are very disturbing news reports from the Sikh Homeland
of Punjab in South Asia. A new wave of mass arrests and detentions of young
Sikhs has been unleashed by India in the last month. This is in gross
violation of civil liberties and political freedoms guaranteed by the
Indian Constitution and by the International Covenants and Conventions on
Human Rights.

Mr. Amolak Singh, Chairperson of World Sikh Council - America Region
(WSC-AR) remarked, "We condemn in the strongest terms the efforts of the
Government of India to demonize the Sikh community. We call upon the Indian
Government to end its genocidal attempts against religious minorities."

Dr. Anahat Kaur, Vice-Chairperson of WSC-AR said, "The Sikh experience in
India demonstrates a relentless pattern of religious persecution under the
guise of democracy while flouting the ideals of peace, justice, and human
rights". She added, "These actions hardly seem worthy of a democratic nation."

The Sikh nation continues to seek transparency and accountability.
Thousands of Sikhs continue to languish in jail for decades without charge
or trial. Thousands more have become the victims of enforced
disappearances, custodial deaths, extra-judicial killings, and illegal
cremations. This history makes the new wave of mass arrests all the more
ominous.

WSC-AR unequivocally condemns and opposes all terrorism, including state
terrorism, and urges the Government of India to stop this gross violation
of human rights and fundamental freedoms of the Sikhs and other national
minorities.

We are particularly concerned for the health and safety of Mr. Simranjit
Singh Mann, who was recently arrested in Punjab. Mr. Mann has been
subjected to cruel and inhuman treatment in India's torture chambers in the
1980's. He was only released when he was elected by a landslide to a seat
in the Indian Parliament while still in jail. We strongly urge the Indian
Government to abide by its own laws and immediately release these prisoners
of conscience.

While India's current Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh has been rightly
credited for the liberalization of the Indian economy, he should not let
the Indian polity continue in the genocidal era of India's state terrorism
of the 1980s and 1990s. We call upon the Indian Prime Minister to clearly
outline the steps his government will take to provide transparency and
accountability in the treatment of religious minorities, and what measures
he will take to safeguard their constitutionally provided freedoms during
his July 2005 visit to the United States.

WSC-AR fully supports the efforts of India's National Human Rights
Commission and other human rights organizations who are trying to stop this
newest wave of religious persecution and political oppression. We further
appeal to the United Nations, the United States Government, the European
Union and all freedom loving people to hold India, often called the world's
largest democracy, responsible for the gross violations of civil liberties
and fundamental freedoms of its people.

Since its independence from British Colonial rule in 1947, India has
persecuted its religious minorities, including Christians, Muslims, and
Sikhs, in the name of national integration.

In the May 2003 report "Reduced to Ashes: The Insurgency and Human Rights
in Punjab" (www.punjabjustice.org), Mr. Ram Narayan Kumar, one of India's
leading human rights activist, presents overwhelming evidence (along with
over 600 case histories) of massive human rights abuses of Sikhs by police,
and the contributions at all levels of the state and national government as
well the Indian judiciary towards police impunity.

The report presents evidence to show that "The four fundamentals of the
Indian democracy, embedded in its republican Constitution, are: [1] The
guarantees of inalienable rights to all citizens; [2] A democratic
legislature; [3] An independent judiciary; and [4] The freedom of
discourse. On the strength of these constitutional features, India claims
to be the largest functional democracy in the world where widespread human
rights abuses, systematic persecution of estranged communities and
suppression of political dissent cannot occur. However, the experiences of
the Sikhs of Punjab show that as a demonised community targeted for abuse
by the authorities, they had no protection from the leaders of the
supposedly independent institutions, including the judiciary, either in
shielding their fundamental rights against imminent violations or in
obtaining acknowledgement and legal restitution of wrongs. Freedom of
discourse remained an empty promise when even the higher judiciary joined
the chorus to turn the page and obliterate the victims' memory on the
ground that a public discussion and scrutiny focusing on past abuses and
role of institutions would undermine the interests of peace and social order."

The WSC-AR is a representative and elected body of Sikh Gurdwaras and
institutions in the United States. Its members include 37 Gurdwaras (Sikh
places of worship) and other Sikh institutions across the nation.

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World Sikh Council - America Region (WSC-AR)
P.O. Box 3635, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
Phone: 614-210-0591, Fax: 419-535-6794
E-mail: contact@worldsikhcouncil.org
Website: www.worldsikhcouncil.org

Punjab Ki Fauj · 06-30-2005, 08:11 AM

Press Release: VFF Presents Sikh Genocide details to UN Panel Discussion on Genocide in New York

June 19th 2005: Voices for Freedom (VFF) presented the case of the Sikh genocide in India from 1984 to 1996 to a panel discussion held at the United Nations headquarters in New York last month. The panel discussion titled 'ENFORCING THE UN GENOCIDE CONVENTION: LESSONS LEARNED & CHALLENGES TO OVERCOME was sponsored by the the International Non-Governmental Organizations Committee on Human Rights In Consultative Status, the United Nations Economic and Social Council and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

"Genocide has inflicted great losses to humanity in all periods of history. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide confirms that genocide is a crime under international law, whether committed in peacetime or during war. The objective of the Convention is to establish effective measures for the prevention and punishment of such crimes," said Ranjit Singh who presented the case of the Sikh genocide on behalf of Voices for Freedom, an international human rights organization.

Ranjit Singh narrated the extent of the Sikh genocide from 1984-1996 in Panjab and Delhi and the status of the current situation of Human Rights in Panjab. He said, "By rejecting or disregarding their legal obligation to promote and protect the instruments of Universal Human Rights, India's Human Rights record has been diminished. People have been denied their right to self-determination".

"Until today the between 150,000-200,000 have been killed in Panjab and no one has been prosecuted for this genocide. The killers are freely moving around and many of them have been elected to government positions," said Ranjit Singh.

He pointed out that the UN Rappoteur on torture has not been allowed to visit Panjab since 1982. Voices for Freedom also presented a memorandum to the panel and to more than 70 participating Non Governmental Organizations which attended the panel discussion.

Ranjit Singh, himself a Panjab genocide survivor, described how he was tortured in Panjab whereby 'rollers ' were run over his legs until he blacked out, his turban was kicked off and his spectacles stepped on. He said, "Death, Disappearance and Torture are the three tools of the Panjab police."

Amongst the other torture victims present were from Rwanda and a child-soldier from Sudan.

The meeting was presided by Juan Mendez of Argentina, Special Adviser to the Secretary General on the Prevention of Genocide, Dr. Anie Kalayajian, Treasurer, United Nations, NGO Human Rights Committee and Stanislas Kamanzi, Permanent Representative to the UN.

Juan Mendez, the special Advisor to the Secretary General, said that his qualified team of experts task is to verify facts, process 'raw information' and analyze events that describe the allegations. He also stated that a political and historical analyses need to be taken into account. He insisted that a practical approach needs to be adopted to solve the problem by taking a midterm view of the events than to wait for many years. He said that his main challenge was to set up an early warning system for which the dynamics of a country need to be understood.

Dr Anie Kalayjian, spoke on the eight stages of Genocide as stated by Gregory H. Stanton . She said Genocide is a process that develops in eight stages that are predictable but not inexorable. At each stage, preventive measures can stop it. The later stages must be preceded by the earlier stages, although earlier stages continue to operate throughout the process.

http://www.voicesforfreedom.org/

indianguy4u · 06-30-2005, 08:32 AM

VFF another anti India website.

Punjab Ki Fauj · 07-02-2005, 15:03 PM

SAD (A) protests against Mann’s detention
Tribune News Service
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050702/ldh1.htm#1

- Activists of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) at a rally demanding the early release of the party president, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, in Ludhiana on Friday. — Photo by I.V.

Ludhiana, July 1
Hundreds of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) activists today took out a rally in the city to protest against the arbitrary detention of party president and former Member of Parliament, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, and other political activists by the government.

Addressing a rally before submitting a memorandum to President APJ Abdul Kalam through Deputy Commissioner Anurag Verma, party general secretary Charan Singh Lohara, said the Punjab government was resorting to the same experimentation which former Congress-led governments in the state and Centre had attempted in the face of failure of economic and political deliverance. Like in the past, the Congress has started raising the bogey of terrorism in Punjab.

He alleged that the Capt Amarinder Singh government had failed on all fronts. Petty crime, murders, suicides and crime against women were on the rise. There is no economic or fiscal progress worth the name. Education levels are at an all time low. Corruption is at its peak. All Congressmen are engaged in loot of the exchequer as they believe that only some months are left before they are booted out of power.

Politically, the state is in disarray. In the last three years or so, the Punjab Assembly has been convened for no more than 3-4 days. The leader of the Opposition, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, whose party, the Akali Dal (Badal), is also in the Opposition at the Centre, follows a policy of boycott, rather than debate and dialogue in the Assembly, he pointed out.

“We had informed the present government, through the media and through meetings with the Home Minister that the present Director General of Police, Mr. S.S. Virk, and his notorious team of officers, had a vested interest in perpetuating the careers of certain officers in Punjab. His appointment is under scrutiny of the Panjab and Haryana High Court. When appointed, he had said, that there is peace in Punjab. Today, it is the opposite and the police are claiming there is many Sikh terrorists in Punjab,” he added.

Other speakers said that ‘Is it not the failure of the state that after so much bloodshed, no problem of the state and no issue of the Sikhs has been solved? All promises, old and new of the Indian state have proved to be false. In these circumstances, what choice is left than to practice the politics of dissent?

They said Mr Simranjit Singh Mann had been extolling this proposition time and again. He rightly believes that Punjab has the full potential to act as a buffer between two warring nations on either side of Panjab. He strongly believes that the Sikh nation has to regain its sovereign status to protect its distinct identity.

The protesters also warned the government and the people to be aware of the machinations of the VHP in dividing the community. The right wing Hindu outfit has said that Sikhs are part of Hindus and the photos of Guru Gobind Singh would be displayed in temples. This is a sinister design to undermine the sanctity of the Sikh religion and the unique concept of Shabad Guru in Sikhism. They have further said that the VHP was against the reservation policy for Muslims and Christians. In the face of such monolithic attacks, what should a minority do, they questioned.

Notwithstanding our political beliefs, freedom of expression is a fundamental right recognized by the Indian Constitution and international conventions and covenants. The government has arbitrarily detained Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, party general secretaries - Gurjatinder Pal Singh Bhikhiwind and Mr Gursewak Singh Jawaharke, district president Nawanshahr, Darbara Singh, district president Ropar, Jathedar Bhag Singh, members of working committee, Mr Sarbjit Singh Bhullar and Mr Bachan Singh Bains in false and fabricated cases. Under the garb of “terrorism,” apart from these arrests, false cases have been registered against a large section of the party leadership and other political activists, they alleged.

The party has appealed to President Kalam to intervene in the matter. Peace in Punjab seeks political sagacity and statesmanship. Today, conflict resolution requires cooperation, debate and honest deliberation. All pending legal and political issues must be resolved within the strict purview of rule of law, international norms, values, conventions and covenants. International human rights organisations must be allowed to visit Punjab. State repression must end in Punjab. All political leaders must be released and Punjab police must be contained, they added.

Punjab Ki Fauj · 07-03-2005, 14:11 PM

“If any action occurs in this village, every single male is going to be taken out and shot. Then we’re going to take all the women to our camp and there we’re going to create a new breed for Punjab.”- Brig. RP Sinha addressing assembled Sikh villagers on March 8, 1991, International Women's Day

'And this was the way International Women’s Day was celebrated in Punjab. The untold story of the Sikh Resistance Movement is the story of Sikh women. It is a feature of Punjabi culture that atrocities on women are rarely reported and remain hidden. Families feel ashamed to speak of the treatment women received at the hands of Indian Security Forces, but this story must be told.'

______________

Unheard: Atrocities on Sikh Women in Punjab Part I
http://www.panthic.org/news/133/ARTI...005-06-12.html

Then & Now: Atrocities on Sikh Women in Punjab Part II
http://www.panthic.org/news/133/ARTI...005-06-26.html

Forgotten: Atrocities on Sikh Women in Punjab Part III
http://www.panthic.org/news/133/ARTI...005-07-03.html

Asim Aquil · 07-04-2005, 17:04 PM

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She further added that "she was subjected to inhuman third degree torture twice by pulling her legs apart in 180 degree and also beaten up with an iron rod in between her legs and two police men putting pressure on that rod.

"I was also threatened of liquidation if I did not disclose the truth and was also molested by the policemen", the victim further said.

That truly is something. What does it mean by liquidation, btw?

Samudra · 07-04-2005, 23:21 PM

I accord zero crediblity to what people like Punjab Ki Fauj post.

bull · 07-05-2005, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Asim Aquil

That truly is something. What does it mean by liquidation, btw?

u as a journalist doesnt know what that means?Shame!

Asim Aquil · 07-05-2005, 08:16 AM

****!! Chulu bhar paani main doob maroon?

Punjab Ki Fauj · 07-09-2005, 10:38 AM

The worse you can do is to kill me: Hawara
http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?ac...llnews&id=5734

By Jaideep Sarin, Chandigarh: "The worst you can do is to kill me. Go ahead and do it," Babbar Khalsa International's (BKI) India chief Jagtar Singh Hawara has repeatedly told his interrogators here, stonewalling their attempts to obtain information about the outfit's activities.

Not only this. Hawara, who was brought here Thursday evening, has been at his abusive best and even stares menacingly into the eyes of officers involved in his interrogation, according to the officers.

Police officers who had tried to interrogate him over several hours since his arrival said that Hawara was unrelenting most of the time.

"He chooses to say what he wants to say. Not what we want to know from him," one officer told IANS.

Hawara - an alleged mastermind of the Aug 31, 1995, assassination of Punjab chief minister Beant Singh - was on the wanted list for that case, for his sensational escape through a 108-foot long tunnel from Burail's high-security prison here and also for re-organizing the Sikh terrorist network in Punjab in the last one year.

He was arrested last month in the wake of the May 22 blasts in two Delhi cinemas in which two people were killed and 50 injured. The theatres were screening the controversial Bollywood movie "Jo Bole, So Nihal", which Sikh religious leaders say offends their faith.

Reports say that even sound thrashings by police officers during interrogation had failed to break the will of the Babbar terrorist.

The police wanted to question him about the jailbreak, the whereabouts of his three accomplices who escaped with him, the new members of his re-grouped terrorist network and other things.

Except for saying how they dug the 108-foot long tunnel with simple equipment like a spade and dumbbells, Hawara has not divulged much.

He told police officials that the tunnel was dug slowly - nearly one-foot everyday - working late at night and into the wee hours of the morning.

"Most of the work was done by Devi Singh (a life convict who was in the same high security barrack as Hawara and two other Sikh terrorists) as he had a good physique and muscles," Hawara told his interrogators.

All four had escaped from the Burail prison here Jan 21, 2004.

Hawara alleged in a local court Friday that he had been tortured by Delhi Police during the nearly month-long custody that they had after they arrested him June 8.

Even in the court where he was brought for seeking police remand, Hawara stared at people with his stony eyes as hundreds gathered to have a look at Punjab's most-wanted Sikh terrorist.

At times he smiled broadly - as if mocking the unprecedented security ring around him and the curious onlookers.

His interrogation would continue till July 16.

IANS

Punjab Ki Fauj · 07-14-2005, 10:31 AM

PRESS RELEASE:

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Punjab Rights Forum
210, New Judicial Complex, Ludhiana (Punjab)

PRESS RELEASE

LUDHIANA, July 11: The newly shaped unison of various political, human rights, kisan, students and religious groups, under the aegis of Punjab Rights Forum, besides endeavouring for the emergence of a third political alternative other than the Congress and the SAD (Badal-BJP), have stepped up its resolve to oppose tooth and nail the state atrocities perpetrated on the people of Punjab and their leaders by organising successive anti-repression conventions at district levels from July 17 onwards.

In order to implement this programme, the Punjab Rights Forum (PRF) in its meeting at Chandigarh, appointed 7 coordinators, namely, D S Gill, Jagmohan Singh, Karnail Singh Panjoli, Surinderpal Singh, Gurdip Singh Bathinda, Rajinder Singh and Manjinder Singh Jandi to coordinate the activities of its numerous constituents. First among the equals, D S Gill shall be chief coordinator, while Justice A S Bains will continue to be convenor of the Forum.

In due course of time, the presidium, other office bearers, committees on rights violation, kisan and Dalit matters and panel for legal defence would be announced.

The first anti-repression convention has been decided to be held at Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall, Jalandhar, on July 17, followed by conventions at Amritsar, Patiala, Bathinda, Chandigarh etc and a big anti-repression rally will be held in August at Ludhiana, where next programme would be announced.

It has also been decided that at every convention some human rights and political leaders of regional and national huge, would be invited to gather support for the Punjab movement against the police atrocities and state tyranny let loose on the people of the border state.

Meanwhile, the International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO) secretary-general Mohinder Singh Grewal and secretary public-relations Inderjit Kaur, have expressed sympathy and solidarity with the victims of the 7/7 London bomb-blasts, adding that it’s a matter (terrorism) of world concern and we all should also find out the reasons behind all this, while condemning it, and not to escape our responsibilities.

All religious/political conflicts should be resolved democratically, with peaceful means, and not always militarily, as per the spirit of Preamble to the UN Declaration of Human Rights, December 10, 1948, ‘Whereas it is essential, if a man is not be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by rule of law,’ stressed the IHRO.

D S Gill (Chair IHRO)

Chief Coordinator

Sameer · 07-14-2005, 13:59 PM

LOL

The Khalistan movement is dead, you could probably find around 4-5000 people who would support the cause in Punjab today, Punjab is at the heart of India, Punjab is India, our PM can attest to that.

Samudra · 07-14-2005, 23:17 PM

Sameer

What do you think that fellow Punjab Ki Fauj is ?

If you notice after 7/7 all news that has been coming out is about Pakistan and its terrorists.

Therefore a diversion is needed to save the Honor and Dignity of Pakistan- atleast what remains of it

.Hence such threads have been renewed.

lemontree · 07-15-2005, 00:16 AM

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The worse you can do is to kill me: Hawara
http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?a...ullnews&id=5734

By Jaideep Sarin, Chandigarh: "The worst you can do is to kill me. Go ahead and do it," Babbar Khalsa International's (BKI) India chief Jagtar Singh Hawara has repeatedly told his interrogators here, stonewalling their attempts to obtain information about the outfit's activities.

Nice propaganda crap.
In reality that scumbag is singing like a canary. How the hell do you think we are catching the other terrorist modules.

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Punjab Ki Fauj Banished Join Date: 06-06-05 Location: Home is where the heart is (Punjab) Posts: 140	Press Release: VFF Presents Sikh Genocide details to UN Panel Discussion on Genocide in New York June 19th 2005: Voices for Freedom (VFF) presented the case of the Sikh genocide in India from 1984 to 1996 to a panel discussion held at the United Nations headquarters in New York last month. The panel discussion titled 'ENFORCING THE UN GENOCIDE CONVENTION: LESSONS LEARNED & CHALLENGES TO OVERCOME was sponsored by the the International Non-Governmental Organizations Committee on Human Rights In Consultative Status, the United Nations Economic and Social Council and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. "Genocide has inflicted great losses to humanity in all periods of history. The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide confirms that genocide is a crime under international law, whether committed in peacetime or during war. The objective of the Convention is to establish effective measures for the prevention and punishment of such crimes," said Ranjit Singh who presented the case of the Sikh genocide on behalf of Voices for Freedom, an international human rights organization. Ranjit Singh narrated the extent of the Sikh genocide from 1984-1996 in Panjab and Delhi and the status of the current situation of Human Rights in Panjab. He said, "By rejecting or disregarding their legal obligation to promote and protect the instruments of Universal Human Rights, India's Human Rights record has been diminished. People have been denied their right to self-determination". "Until today the between 150,000-200,000 have been killed in Panjab and no one has been prosecuted for this genocide. The killers are freely moving around and many of them have been elected to government positions," said Ranjit Singh. He pointed out that the UN Rappoteur on torture has not been allowed to visit Panjab since 1982. Voices for Freedom also presented a memorandum to the panel and to more than 70 participating Non Governmental Organizations which attended the panel discussion. Ranjit Singh, himself a Panjab genocide survivor, described how he was tortured in Panjab whereby 'rollers ' were run over his legs until he blacked out, his turban was kicked off and his spectacles stepped on. He said, "Death, Disappearance and Torture are the three tools of the Panjab police." Amongst the other torture victims present were from Rwanda and a child-soldier from Sudan. The meeting was presided by Juan Mendez of Argentina, Special Adviser to the Secretary General on the Prevention of Genocide, Dr. Anie Kalayajian, Treasurer, United Nations, NGO Human Rights Committee and Stanislas Kamanzi, Permanent Representative to the UN. Juan Mendez, the special Advisor to the Secretary General, said that his qualified team of experts task is to verify facts, process 'raw information' and analyze events that describe the allegations. He also stated that a political and historical analyses need to be taken into account. He insisted that a practical approach needs to be adopted to solve the problem by taking a midterm view of the events than to wait for many years. He said that his main challenge was to set up an early warning system for which the dynamics of a country need to be understood. Dr Anie Kalayjian, spoke on the eight stages of Genocide as stated by Gregory H. Stanton . She said Genocide is a process that develops in eight stages that are predictable but not inexorable. At each stage, preventive measures can stop it. The later stages must be preceded by the earlier stages, although earlier stages continue to operate throughout the process. http://www.voicesforfreedom.org/

07-02-2005, 15:03 PM	#110 (permalink)
Punjab Ki Fauj Banished Join Date: 06-06-05 Location: Home is where the heart is (Punjab) Posts: 140	SAD (A) protests against Mann’s detention Tribune News Service http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050702/ldh1.htm#1 - Activists of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) at a rally demanding the early release of the party president, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, in Ludhiana on Friday. — Photo by I.V. Ludhiana, July 1 Hundreds of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) activists today took out a rally in the city to protest against the arbitrary detention of party president and former Member of Parliament, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, and other political activists by the government. Addressing a rally before submitting a memorandum to President APJ Abdul Kalam through Deputy Commissioner Anurag Verma, party general secretary Charan Singh Lohara, said the Punjab government was resorting to the same experimentation which former Congress-led governments in the state and Centre had attempted in the face of failure of economic and political deliverance. Like in the past, the Congress has started raising the bogey of terrorism in Punjab. He alleged that the Capt Amarinder Singh government had failed on all fronts. Petty crime, murders, suicides and crime against women were on the rise. There is no economic or fiscal progress worth the name. Education levels are at an all time low. Corruption is at its peak. All Congressmen are engaged in loot of the exchequer as they believe that only some months are left before they are booted out of power. Politically, the state is in disarray. In the last three years or so, the Punjab Assembly has been convened for no more than 3-4 days. The leader of the Opposition, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, whose party, the Akali Dal (Badal), is also in the Opposition at the Centre, follows a policy of boycott, rather than debate and dialogue in the Assembly, he pointed out. “We had informed the present government, through the media and through meetings with the Home Minister that the present Director General of Police, Mr. S.S. Virk, and his notorious team of officers, had a vested interest in perpetuating the careers of certain officers in Punjab. His appointment is under scrutiny of the Panjab and Haryana High Court. When appointed, he had said, that there is peace in Punjab. Today, it is the opposite and the police are claiming there is many Sikh terrorists in Punjab,” he added. Other speakers said that ‘Is it not the failure of the state that after so much bloodshed, no problem of the state and no issue of the Sikhs has been solved? All promises, old and new of the Indian state have proved to be false. In these circumstances, what choice is left than to practice the politics of dissent? They said Mr Simranjit Singh Mann had been extolling this proposition time and again. He rightly believes that Punjab has the full potential to act as a buffer between two warring nations on either side of Panjab. He strongly believes that the Sikh nation has to regain its sovereign status to protect its distinct identity. The protesters also warned the government and the people to be aware of the machinations of the VHP in dividing the community. The right wing Hindu outfit has said that Sikhs are part of Hindus and the photos of Guru Gobind Singh would be displayed in temples. This is a sinister design to undermine the sanctity of the Sikh religion and the unique concept of Shabad Guru in Sikhism. They have further said that the VHP was against the reservation policy for Muslims and Christians. In the face of such monolithic attacks, what should a minority do, they questioned. Notwithstanding our political beliefs, freedom of expression is a fundamental right recognized by the Indian Constitution and international conventions and covenants. The government has arbitrarily detained Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, party general secretaries - Gurjatinder Pal Singh Bhikhiwind and Mr Gursewak Singh Jawaharke, district president Nawanshahr, Darbara Singh, district president Ropar, Jathedar Bhag Singh, members of working committee, Mr Sarbjit Singh Bhullar and Mr Bachan Singh Bains in false and fabricated cases. Under the garb of “terrorism,” apart from these arrests, false cases have been registered against a large section of the party leadership and other political activists, they alleged. The party has appealed to President Kalam to intervene in the matter. Peace in Punjab seeks political sagacity and statesmanship. Today, conflict resolution requires cooperation, debate and honest deliberation. All pending legal and political issues must be resolved within the strict purview of rule of law, international norms, values, conventions and covenants. International human rights organisations must be allowed to visit Punjab. State repression must end in Punjab. All political leaders must be released and Punjab police must be contained, they added.

07-03-2005, 14:11 PM	#111 (permalink)
Punjab Ki Fauj Banished Join Date: 06-06-05 Location: Home is where the heart is (Punjab) Posts: 140	“If any action occurs in this village, every single male is going to be taken out and shot. Then we’re going to take all the women to our camp and there we’re going to create a new breed for Punjab.”- Brig. RP Sinha addressing assembled Sikh villagers on March 8, 1991, International Women's Day 'And this was the way International Women’s Day was celebrated in Punjab. The untold story of the Sikh Resistance Movement is the story of Sikh women. It is a feature of Punjabi culture that atrocities on women are rarely reported and remain hidden. Families feel ashamed to speak of the treatment women received at the hands of Indian Security Forces, but this story must be told.' ______________ Unheard: Atrocities on Sikh Women in Punjab Part I http://www.panthic.org/news/133/ARTI...005-06-12.html Then & Now: Atrocities on Sikh Women in Punjab Part II http://www.panthic.org/news/133/ARTI...005-06-26.html Forgotten: Atrocities on Sikh Women in Punjab Part III http://www.panthic.org/news/133/ARTI...005-07-03.html

07-04-2005, 23:21 PM	#113 (permalink)
Samudra *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 09-01-04 Location: North London Posts: 4,357 Country:	I accord zero crediblity to what people like Punjab Ki Fauj post.

07-05-2005, 08:16 AM	#115 (permalink)
Asim Aquil Banished *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 06-11-04 Location: Dubai Posts: 8,135 Country:	****!! Chulu bhar paani main doob maroon?

07-09-2005, 10:38 AM	#116 (permalink)
Punjab Ki Fauj Banished Join Date: 06-06-05 Location: Home is where the heart is (Punjab) Posts: 140	The worse you can do is to kill me: Hawara http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?ac...llnews&id=5734 By Jaideep Sarin, Chandigarh: "The worst you can do is to kill me. Go ahead and do it," Babbar Khalsa International's (BKI) India chief Jagtar Singh Hawara has repeatedly told his interrogators here, stonewalling their attempts to obtain information about the outfit's activities. Not only this. Hawara, who was brought here Thursday evening, has been at his abusive best and even stares menacingly into the eyes of officers involved in his interrogation, according to the officers. Police officers who had tried to interrogate him over several hours since his arrival said that Hawara was unrelenting most of the time. "He chooses to say what he wants to say. Not what we want to know from him," one officer told IANS. Hawara - an alleged mastermind of the Aug 31, 1995, assassination of Punjab chief minister Beant Singh - was on the wanted list for that case, for his sensational escape through a 108-foot long tunnel from Burail's high-security prison here and also for re-organizing the Sikh terrorist network in Punjab in the last one year. He was arrested last month in the wake of the May 22 blasts in two Delhi cinemas in which two people were killed and 50 injured. The theatres were screening the controversial Bollywood movie "Jo Bole, So Nihal", which Sikh religious leaders say offends their faith. Reports say that even sound thrashings by police officers during interrogation had failed to break the will of the Babbar terrorist. The police wanted to question him about the jailbreak, the whereabouts of his three accomplices who escaped with him, the new members of his re-grouped terrorist network and other things. Except for saying how they dug the 108-foot long tunnel with simple equipment like a spade and dumbbells, Hawara has not divulged much. He told police officials that the tunnel was dug slowly - nearly one-foot everyday - working late at night and into the wee hours of the morning. "Most of the work was done by Devi Singh (a life convict who was in the same high security barrack as Hawara and two other Sikh terrorists) as he had a good physique and muscles," Hawara told his interrogators. All four had escaped from the Burail prison here Jan 21, 2004. Hawara alleged in a local court Friday that he had been tortured by Delhi Police during the nearly month-long custody that they had after they arrested him June 8. Even in the court where he was brought for seeking police remand, Hawara stared at people with his stony eyes as hundreds gathered to have a look at Punjab's most-wanted Sikh terrorist. At times he smiled broadly - as if mocking the unprecedented security ring around him and the curious onlookers. His interrogation would continue till July 16. IANS

07-14-2005, 13:59 PM	#118 (permalink)
Sameer Banished *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 07-12-05 Posts: 2,541	LOL The Khalistan movement is dead, you could probably find around 4-5000 people who would support the cause in Punjab today, Punjab is at the heart of India, Punjab is India, our PM can attest to that.

07-14-2005, 23:17 PM	#119 (permalink)
Samudra *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 09-01-04 Location: North London Posts: 4,357 Country:	Sameer What do you think that fellow Punjab Ki Fauj is ? If you notice after 7/7 all news that has been coming out is about Pakistan and its terrorists. Therefore a diversion is needed to save the Honor and Dignity of Pakistan- atleast what remains of it .Hence such threads have been renewed.

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