London, United Kingdom (March 20, 2013): According to a recent press statement issued by Gurjeet Singh, General Secretary of the Sikh Federation (UK), the UK based Sikh body had taken the lead in exerting pressure on the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, before he left for India to raise UK opposition to the death penalty and raise the cases of Professor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar and Balwant Singh Rajoana when he visited India between 18-20 February.
In an article published in a prominent Punjabi Daily newspaper Praful Bidwai, a well known columnist of India, has expressed his views regarding failure of Indian Judicial system to prevent unlawful execution of human beings through fake encounters by State machinery and restore Rule of Law.