Amritsar, Punjab (January 30, 2014): Firing a salvo against national parties including Congress & BJP, the Dal Khalsa said both parties representing Indian polity were playing narrow selfish politics over the dead Sikhs and Muslims of Delhi 1984 and Gujarat 2002 carnage respectively.
New Delhi, India (January 30, 2014): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has a different stand on Delhi CM and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal's efforts for setting up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe cases related to November 1984 Sikh massacre.
Unfortunately, those guilty of mass killings are seldom brought to justice in India. We have a sorry history of not punishing people who kill during riots or other public disturbances. Be it Delhi in 1984, Gujarat in 2002 or Muzaffarnagar in 2013, it is the same story.
New Delhi, India (January 29, 2014): It is learnt that the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has made a recommendation that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) inquire into three decades old cases related to the November 1984 Sikh massacre.
New Delhi, India (January 29, 2014): Congress Party's Vice President Rahul Gandhi has recently been interviewed by Times Now editor in chief Arnab Goswami. In this interview Rahul Gandhi said “Some Congress men were probably involved” in November 1984 violence against the Sikhs but refused to offer any apology.
New York, USA (January 28, 2014): According to certain media reports Ravi Batra, counsel of Congress president Sonia Gandhi said that Sonia Gandhi will not depose in a human rights violation lawsuit filed against her by Sikhs for Justice in a US Federal court.
New York, USA (January 26, 2014): Sikhs for Justice, a US based Sikh human rights and advocacy group wants Congress president Sonia Gandhi to depose before a New York Federal Court in a human rights violation lawsuit filed against her after she informed the court that she had not visited the US in September last year and was not served summons in the case.
London, United Kingdom (January 24, 2014): It is learnt that the Sikh Research Institute UK will be hosting a series programs from the 19th to the 23rd of February beginning with Harinder Singh presenting at City University, this event will look at the challenges the Sikh nation is facing and how prepared we are in meeting them. This will be followed by a presentation to Sikh professionals at Ernst & Young exploring the nature of Sikhi as a distinct social, religious and political path that went on to change the destiny of South Asia.
New York, USA (January 18, 2014): India's Congress party has filed a motion before the US Federal Court of Southern District of New York seeking dismissal of a human rights violation case relating to Sikh Genocide 1984.
Glasgow (January 18, 2014): Sikhs of Glasgow have called for justice for the thousands of innocent Sikhs massacres in June 1984 by Indian army during an armed invasion to Sikh Gurdwaras including Darbar Sahib (also known as the Golden Temple) Amritsar. UK's links with this deadly attack have recently emerged through some top secret documents declassified recently.
London, United Kingdom (January 17, 2013): A Wolverhampton MP has pressed David Cameron to order full disclosure of all UK Government information relating to any UK involvement in Operation Blue Star to storm the Golden Temple in Amritsar in 1984.
New Delhi, India (January 17, 2014): The Delhi High Court on Jan. 16 refused to stay the CBI probe against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a November 1984 Sikh carnage related case and declined to entertain his plea for an early hearing of his appeal against the trial court's order for investigation.
Code-named Operation Bluestar began on June 1st 1984. Up to 150,000 Indian army troops were sent to the northern Indian state of Punjab, the Sikh homeland, equipped with helicopter gunships and tanks.
London, United Kingdom (January 16, 2014): According to The Guardian, then British PM Margaret Thatcher gave her Indian counterpart Indira Gandhi Britain's full support in the immediate aftermath of the June 1984 attack on Darbar Sahib. The Guardian has reported seen further private correspondence of British officials in this regard.
London, United Kingdom (January 15, 2014): In the British House Of Commons today, Prime Minister David Cameron was asked two questions on the 1984 Sikh Genocide with reference to the possible British involvement as seen via the released documents under the 30-year rule.
If the documents are authentic, it shows that Britain secretly provided planning advice to India’s military in the build up to the raid on the Golden Temple, Amritsar in 1984. Please confirm whether the enclosed documents are indeed official government records.
Leicestershire, UK (January 15, 2014): Recent disclosure of British involvement in planning of armed attack on Sikh holy place Darbar Sahib by Indian army has left many in shock and anger. According to local media reports “Sikhs in Leicestershire reacted with shock and anger today after evidence emerged that the British Government colluded in the notorious massacre at the Golden Temple of Amritsar 30 years ago”.
Amritsar, Punjab (January 15, 2014): It is learnt that former R&AW officer B Raman who headed the so-called Sikh Extremists’ Division has also revealed in his book that officers of the British Security Service (MI-5) visited the Darbar Sahib, Amritsar (Golden Temple) to assess the ground situation before giving their advice to then Indian PM Indira Gandhi.
Ottawa (January 14, 2014): The Sikh community across the world has been shocked by reports that the British government under then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ...
New Delhi, India (January 15, 2014): According to certain media reports India has sought information from Britain regarding reports that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government had helped Indira Gandhi and the Indian state in plan of June 1984 attack on Darbar Sahib to crush Sikh political dissent in Punjab.
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