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We have lost sons, brothers, husbands, fathers, we have seen them burned alive in front of our eyes. Do we not have the right to mourn? Do we not have the right to want justice?
[b][size=5][center]Candle Light Remembrance Vigil
4pm to 7 pm
Wed 7 November 2007
Chamberlain Square,
Birmingham
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[i][b]The Sikh community is commemorating the sacrifices of Sikh soldiers who fell in the first and second World Wars and the twenty third anniversary of the holocaust that was unleashed upon the Sikhs of Northern India during November 1984. [/b][/i]
The sacrifice of thousands of Sikh libertarians goes unmentioned year on year. This year the Sikh community is remembering the courage of Sikh soldiers from the fields of Punjab, the jungles of Burma , the plains of Africa to the poppy fields of Europe . Wherever they served humanity, they fought tyranny, oppression and injustice.
The commemoration this year is marking twenty three years of impunity since Operation Bluestar and pogroms of Sikhs in India during November 1984. In disgust that their counterparts in Northern India had overseen the genocide of Sikhs, Sikh soldiers deserted barracks across India . Thousands of these Sikh soldiers were killed, hundreds have languished in prisons since.
The vigil is a remembrance for the thousands of Sikhs killed across India in 1984 following the assassination of Indira Gandhi, the Indian Prime Minister. Whilst this was a tragedy, what followed were days of barbaric murder, rape and looting across India which left thousands dead and over 50,000 homeless. The victims of these anti-Sikh pogroms still await justice.
We hope you will join us to remember the thousands of innocent victims of the ant-Sikh riots of November 1984. Last year hundreds of people including local MP's and Councillors joined us in this remembrance. Prayers will be said 6.30 – 7 pm.
The vigil will officially launch a campaign to raise funds for the prosecution case that is being prepared by victims of the 1984 genocide against re-elected Indian MPs and Congress (I) party officials serving on the current Indian administration.
Come and give your support for the campaign for justice in India and commemorate the sacrifice of Sikh soldiers.
For more info visit:
[url="http://www.sikhsangat.com/index.php?showtopic=31669"]http://www.sikhsangat.com/index.php?showtopic=31669[/url]
[img]http://www.sikhsangat.com/uploads/monthly_10_2007/post-3211-1193000707.jpg[/img]
[b][size=5][center]Candle Light Remembrance Vigil
4pm to 7 pm
Wed 7 November 2007
Chamberlain Square,
Birmingham
[/center][/size][/b]
[i][b]The Sikh community is commemorating the sacrifices of Sikh soldiers who fell in the first and second World Wars and the twenty third anniversary of the holocaust that was unleashed upon the Sikhs of Northern India during November 1984. [/b][/i]
The sacrifice of thousands of Sikh libertarians goes unmentioned year on year. This year the Sikh community is remembering the courage of Sikh soldiers from the fields of Punjab, the jungles of Burma , the plains of Africa to the poppy fields of Europe . Wherever they served humanity, they fought tyranny, oppression and injustice.
The commemoration this year is marking twenty three years of impunity since Operation Bluestar and pogroms of Sikhs in India during November 1984. In disgust that their counterparts in Northern India had overseen the genocide of Sikhs, Sikh soldiers deserted barracks across India . Thousands of these Sikh soldiers were killed, hundreds have languished in prisons since.
The vigil is a remembrance for the thousands of Sikhs killed across India in 1984 following the assassination of Indira Gandhi, the Indian Prime Minister. Whilst this was a tragedy, what followed were days of barbaric murder, rape and looting across India which left thousands dead and over 50,000 homeless. The victims of these anti-Sikh pogroms still await justice.
We hope you will join us to remember the thousands of innocent victims of the ant-Sikh riots of November 1984. Last year hundreds of people including local MP's and Councillors joined us in this remembrance. Prayers will be said 6.30 – 7 pm.
The vigil will officially launch a campaign to raise funds for the prosecution case that is being prepared by victims of the 1984 genocide against re-elected Indian MPs and Congress (I) party officials serving on the current Indian administration.
Come and give your support for the campaign for justice in India and commemorate the sacrifice of Sikh soldiers.
For more info visit:
[url="http://www.sikhsangat.com/index.php?showtopic=31669"]http://www.sikhsangat.com/index.php?showtopic=31669[/url]
[img]http://www.sikhsangat.com/uploads/monthly_10_2007/post-3211-1193000707.jpg[/img]
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