Candlelight Remembrance Vigil

[Davinder]

Its Probably already up on this site sum where:

Candlelight Remembrance Vigil for those who were massacred 21 years ago,

to be held on tuesday 8th of november

3.30pm - 7pm at Victoria Square.

Please attend and tell your bretherins.

Safe

[.:SanmukH:.]

[Singh Sher]

Who's Organising this event by the way?? Is it Young Sikhs or Sikh Federation or what??

O yeh, it will be really good if the admin could put this as a STICKY pleaseeee, the more people that attend these kind of events the better it will be and people need to be informed as early as possible!

thanks!!!

WJKK WJKF!!!

[s s Jhamka]

vaheguru ji ka khalsa

vaheguru ji ki fateh

Candle Light Remembrance Vigil

3.30pm to 7.30 pm – 8th November 2005 - Victoria Square, Birmingham, UK

Plea to the Sikh Youth : Unite and Remember on Wed 8th November 2005

"Victims speak of mobs led by notoriously unruly youth congress activists armed with voters lists from which Sikh homes and businesses could be identified. How did kerosene materialise so effectively? Why did the police declare open season on Sikhs?"

(Daily Telegraph, Nov 1984)

Sangat Jee,

The week commencing Monday 1st November marks the 21st anniversary of one of the most ruthless and bloody chapters in Sikh history, when the mirage of Indian secularism and democracy was exposed and Sikhs suffered state orchestrated brutality across the country.

In the hours that followed the assassination of Indira Gandhi, by her Sikh bodyguards (Beant Singh and Satwant Singh), on 31st October 1984, her son Rajiv Gandhi instructed the powers that be to "teach these bastards (the Sikhs) a lesson". The state run media vilified Sikhs, broadcasting proactive slogans such as "khoon ka badla khoon" (blood for blood), and spreading fake rumours e.g. Sikhs had poisoned Delhi's water supply and that trains from Punjab were arriving with dead Hindus on board.

What followed was the systematic and co-ordinated massacre of Sikhs, not only in Delhi but also in Uttar Pardesh, Haryana, Binar and Kanur amongst others.

The attacks followed a chilling pattern. Local politicians from the ruling Congress party mobilised mobs of Hindu youths and armed them with swords, iron rods, knives, clubs and combustible material, particularly kerosene. Using electoral lists and ration shop records, the Congress party leaders guided the mobs to Sikh homes and businesses, moving from one district to another in jeeps to personally supervise the murder and rape of Sikh men and women.

(This is just a glimpse of the atrocities that occurred, for more, go to www.witness84.com, www.carnage84.com )

Two of the Congress Party politicians implicated by eyewitnesses were Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler. You will not be surprised to learn that neither has ever been successfully prosecuted, as attempts to do so have either collapsed as a result of witness intimidation or been locked in the judicial process.

Lawyers in India are trying to bring Kumar and Tytler and many others to account for their actions, but their quest for justice faces immeasurable obstacles as attempts to commence legal proceedings get wrapped in red tape.

We must also show that we have not forgotten, and that we too will continue to demand that these criminals Kumar and Tytler and co are brought to justice.

The Sikh youth of the region will congregate at Victoria Square in Birmingham City Centre on Wednesday 8th November, from 3.30pm to 7.30pm to raise awareness amongst the wider community as to the injustice and suffering endured by Sikhs in their 'homeland'. Speakers including British MPs will be invited to show their support.

Above all, however, your support is required. Spread the word and let us ensure there is an overwhelming attendance on 8th November, just as there was at Hyde Park in June.

Very few of our gurdwaras have chosen to organise programmes in remembrance of these events, so it is up to the Sikh youth to seize the initiative.

In the same way that the attacks on Sikhs were indiscriminate, regardless of caste, wealth, social status and irrespective of whether they were practicing or not, each and everyone of us, whether amritdhari or not, should feel the pain that still haunts many of our brothers and sisters in India every day.

Show your support on 8th Nov.

For more details contact

sikhthetruth@yahoo.co.uk

[Davinder]

Who's Organising this event by the way?? Is it Young Sikhs or Sikh Federation or what??

O yeh, it will be really good if the admin could put this as a STICKY pleaseeee, the more people that attend these kind of events the better it will be and people need to be informed as early as possible!

thanks!!!

WJKK WJKF!!!

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WGJKK WGJKF

errrmm I think its Young Sikhs..im not 100% sure but 75%.

[rKr]

No jee.

Not Young Sikhs. However Members of YSUK will of course be present... to show the wounds of that fateful year and those which followed have not been forgotten.

Every Single one of those who make's the effort to be there will be making the effort to show that the spilt blood of our shaheeds remains a constant reminder that Sikhs worldwide still await justice for the Indian state sponsered violence.

[.:SanmukH:.]

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[Paneet]

bump (it's great that this is being done)

[WMSikhSoc]

The same dedication and hard work is being put into this year event by the same people who made it such a great success last year around.

It is organised by groups of concerned individuals who wish to make a difference and spread the sadness of the injustices on the Sikh community to people regardless of race and colour who may also be moved by the hurt of our community.

The Candle-lit vigil itself is also one of the events of Sikhi Week... We thought it would be great to team up with the united front of these Gursikhs and raise as much awareness as possible, especially within the student communities.

Please please try your best to come. Say a prayer, light a candle, and show the world that we haven't forgotten...

Next Tuesday (8th Nov)

Chamberlain Square (outside the library)

Birmingham City Centre

3.30-7pm

Organised by all concerned Sikhs

[.:SanmukH:.]

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