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24TH ANNIVERSARY OF NOV 84 SIKH GENOCIDE

SIKH LOBBY

Houses of Parliament, London - Thursday 30 October 2008

Jubilee Room: 3.00-5.00pm

Host: Rob Marris MP, Chair All Party Parliamentary Group for UK Sikhs

Please contact your local MP as soon as possible by ringing 020 7219 3000 and invite the MP to meet you in the Jubilee Room 9: 3-5pm.

A year long campaign of events and activities linked to June & November 1984 is being launched on the 24th anniversary of November 1984

The Campaign 84 Team is delighted to announce that Harvinder Singh Phoolka will be the special guest in the UK from Sunday 26 October – Sunday 2 November 2008. He is a senior advocate in the Supreme Court, and former additional advocate general, Punjab. He stands apart from his colleagues in the legal fraternity. At the risk of incurring the Congress government's wrath, he took up the cases of the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms. He can be credited with keeping alive the fight for justice for the 1984 victims, has been the force behind setting up of the Citizen’s Justice Committee and has spearheaded one of the longest and most torturous legal battles in modern history.

Harvinder Singh Phoolka will speak at a number of Gurdwaras on Sunday 26 October and Sunday 2 November. He will also be the main guest speaker at an event in the UK Parliament on Thursday 30 October at 3pm (Jubilee Room). He will also give interviews and appear on a number of discussion programmes on radio. To enable our message to reach non-Sikhs various meetings are being set up and interviews are also being lined up with the mainstream media to coincide with the 24th anniversary of November 1984.

The programme confirmed for Harvinder Singh Phoolka is as follows:

Sunday 26 October

Morning – Guru Nanak Parkash Gurdwara, Coventry

Midday – Guru Teg Bahadur Gurdwara, Leicester

Evening – Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, Gravesend

Wednesday 29 October

6.30pm – Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Park Avenue, Southall

Sunday 2 November

Morning – Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Slough

Midday – Central Gurdwara, Shepherd’s Bush

Afternoon – Gurdwara to be confirmed

Radio interviews

10am - Monday 27 October: Raaj Radio

7pm - Monday 27 October: Panjab Radio

8pm – Wednesday 29 October: Akash Radio

For further information contact:

  • Bhai Amrik Singh – Sikh Federation (UK) 07860 633488
  • Bhai Dabinderjit Singh – Sikh Secretariat 07919 166163
  • Bhai Didar Singh – Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Southall 07904 422188
  • Bhai Gurjit Singh – Khalsa Human Rights 07877 315993
  • Bhai Kuldip Singh – Federation of Sikh Organisations 07877 067922
  • Bhai Narinderjit Singh - Guru Nanak Darbar, Gravesend 01474 536393

As you contact your local MP please post which MP you have contacted.

We need to get Sikh constituents contacting as many MPs as possible in the next 48 hours.

When your MP responds, please indicate if they have confirmed they can attend or not.

Some MPs confirmed as contacted:

  1. Adrian Bailey - West Bromwich West
  2. Tom Brake - Carshalton & Wallington
  3. Vincent Cable - Twickenham
  4. David Clelland - Tyne Bridge
  5. George Galloway - Bethnal Green & Bow
  6. Bruce George - Walsall South
  7. Dominic Grieve - Beaconsfield
  8. Doug Henderson - Newcastle upon Tyne North
  9. Tessa Jowell - Dulwich & West Norwood
  10. Gerald Kaufman - Manchester, Gorton
  11. Alan Keen - Feltham & Heston
  12. Ann Keen - Brentford & Isleworth
  13. David Kidney - Stafford
  14. Ashok Kumar - Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland
  15. Bob Laxton - Derby North
  16. Tony Lloyd - Manchester Central
  17. Fiona Mactaggart - Slough
  18. Theresa May - Maidenhead
  19. Elliot Morley - Scunthorpe
  20. Douglas Naysmith - Bristol North West
  21. Dawn Primarolo - Bristol South
  22. Terry Rooney - Bradford North
  23. Barry Sheerman - Huddersfield
  24. Alan Simpson - Nottingham South
  25. Claire Ward - Watford
  26. Tom Watson - West Bromwich East
  27. Alan Whitehead - Southampton, Test
  28. David Winnick - Walsall North

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24TH ANNIVERSARY OF NOV 84 SIKH GENOCIDE

SIKH LOBBY

Houses of Parliament, London - Thursday 30 October 2008

Jubilee Room: 3.00-5.00pm

Host: Rob Marris MP, Chair All Party Parliamentary Group for UK Sikhs

Please contact your local MP as soon as possible by ringing 020 7219 3000 and invite the MP to meet you in the Jubilee Room 9: 3-5pm.

A year long campaign of events and activities linked to June & November 1984 is being launched on the 24th anniversary of November 1984

The Campaign 84 Team is delighted to announce that Harvinder Singh Phoolka will be the special guest in the UK from Sunday 26 October – Sunday 2 November 2008. He is a senior advocate in the Supreme Court, and former additional advocate general, Punjab. He stands apart from his colleagues in the legal fraternity. At the risk of incurring the Congress government's wrath, he took up the cases of the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms. He can be credited with keeping alive the fight for justice for the 1984 victims, has been the force behind setting up of the Citizen’s Justice Committee and has spearheaded one of the longest and most torturous legal battles in modern history.

Harvinder Singh Phoolka will speak at a number of Gurdwaras on Sunday 26 October and Sunday 2 November. He will also be the main guest speaker at an event in the UK Parliament on Thursday 30 October at 3pm (Jubilee Room). He will also give interviews and appear on a number of discussion programmes on radio. To enable our message to reach non-Sikhs various meetings are being set up and interviews are also being lined up with the mainstream media to coincide with the 24th anniversary of November 1984.

The programme confirmed for Harvinder Singh Phoolka is as follows:

Sunday 26 October

Morning – Guru Nanak Parkash Gurdwara, Coventry

Midday – Guru Teg Bahadur Gurdwara, Leicester

Evening – Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, Gravesend

Wednesday 29 October

6.30pm – Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Park Avenue, Southall

Sunday 2 November

Morning – Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Slough

Midday – Central Gurdwara, Shepherd’s Bush

Afternoon – Gurdwara to be confirmed

Radio interviews

10am - Monday 27 October: Raaj Radio

7pm - Monday 27 October: Panjab Radio

8pm – Wednesday 29 October: Akash Radio

For further information contact:

  • Bhai Amrik Singh – Sikh Federation (UK) 07860 633488
  • Bhai Dabinderjit Singh – Sikh Secretariat 07919 166163
  • Bhai Didar Singh – Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Southall 07904 422188
  • Bhai Gurjit Singh – Khalsa Human Rights 07877 315993
  • Bhai Kuldip Singh – Federation of Sikh Organisations 07877 067922
  • Bhai Narinderjit Singh - Guru Nanak Darbar, Gravesend 01474 536393

As you contact your local MP please post which MP you have contacted.

We need to get Sikh constituents contacting as many MPs as possible in the next 48 hours.

When your MP responds, please indicate if they have confirmed they can attend or not.

Some MPs confirmed as contacted:

  1. Adrian Bailey - West Bromwich West
  2. Tom Brake - Carshalton & Wallington
  3. Vincent Cable - Twickenham
  4. David Clelland - Tyne Bridge
  5. George Galloway - Bethnal Green & Bow
  6. Bruce George - Walsall South
  7. Dominic Grieve - Beaconsfield
  8. Doug Henderson - Newcastle upon Tyne North
  9. Tessa Jowell - Dulwich & West Norwood
  10. Gerald Kaufman - Manchester, Gorton
  11. Alan Keen - Feltham & Heston
  12. Ann Keen - Brentford & Isleworth
  13. David Kidney - Stafford
  14. Ashok Kumar - Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland
  15. Bob Laxton - Derby North
  16. Tony Lloyd - Manchester Central
  17. Fiona Mactaggart - Slough
  18. Theresa May - Maidenhead
  19. Elliot Morley - Scunthorpe
  20. Douglas Naysmith - Bristol North West
  21. Dawn Primarolo - Bristol South
  22. Terry Rooney - Bradford North
  23. Barry Sheerman - Huddersfield
  24. Alan Simpson - Nottingham South
  25. Claire Ward - Watford
  26. Tom Watson - West Bromwich East
  27. Alan Whitehead - Southampton, Test
  28. David Winnick - Walsall North

Not a bad cross section in the first 24 hours. Although many towns/cities where large numbers of Sikhs live have yet to confirm MPs contacted. Hopefully, MPs contacted can be increased to around 50 in the next 24 hours. Usually only around 25% attend such events.

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24TH ANNIVERSARY OF NOV 84 SIKH GENOCIDE

SIKH LOBBY

Houses of Parliament, London - Thursday 30 October 2008

Jubilee Room: 3.00-5.00pm

Host: Rob Marris MP, Chair All Party Parliamentary Group for UK Sikhs

Please contact your local MP as soon as possible by ringing 020 7219 3000 and invite the MP to meet you in the Jubilee Room 9: 3-5pm.

A year long campaign of events and activities linked to June & November 1984 is being launched on the 24th anniversary of November 1984

The Campaign 84 Team is delighted to announce that Harvinder Singh Phoolka will be the special guest in the UK from Sunday 26 October – Sunday 2 November 2008. He is a senior advocate in the Supreme Court, and former additional advocate general, Punjab. He stands apart from his colleagues in the legal fraternity. At the risk of incurring the Congress government's wrath, he took up the cases of the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms. He can be credited with keeping alive the fight for justice for the 1984 victims, has been the force behind setting up of the Citizen’s Justice Committee and has spearheaded one of the longest and most torturous legal battles in modern history.

Harvinder Singh Phoolka will speak at a number of Gurdwaras on Sunday 26 October and Sunday 2 November. He will also be the main guest speaker at an event in the UK Parliament on Thursday 30 October at 3pm (Jubilee Room). He will also give interviews and appear on a number of discussion programmes on radio. To enable our message to reach non-Sikhs various meetings are being set up and interviews are also being lined up with the mainstream media to coincide with the 24th anniversary of November 1984.

The programme confirmed for Harvinder Singh Phoolka is as follows:

Sunday 26 October

Morning – Guru Nanak Parkash Gurdwara, Coventry

Midday – Guru Teg Bahadur Gurdwara, Leicester

Evening – Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, Gravesend

Wednesday 29 October

6.30pm – Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Park Avenue, Southall

Sunday 2 November

Morning – Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Slough

Midday – Central Gurdwara, Shepherd’s Bush

Afternoon – Gurdwara to be confirmed

Radio interviews

10am - Monday 27 October: Raaj Radio

7pm - Monday 27 October: Panjab Radio

8pm – Wednesday 29 October: Akash Radio

For further information contact:

  • Bhai Amrik Singh – Sikh Federation (UK) 07860 633488
  • Bhai Dabinderjit Singh – Sikh Secretariat 07919 166163
  • Bhai Didar Singh – Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Southall 07904 422188
  • Bhai Gurjit Singh – Khalsa Human Rights 07877 315993
  • Bhai Kuldip Singh – Federation of Sikh Organisations 07877 067922
  • Bhai Narinderjit Singh - Guru Nanak Darbar, Gravesend 01474 536393

As you contact your local MP please post which MP you have contacted.

We need to get Sikh constituents contacting as many MPs as possible in the next 48 hours.

When your MP responds, please indicate if they have confirmed they can attend or not.

Some MPs confirmed as contacted:

  1. Adrian Bailey - West Bromwich West
  2. Tom Brake - Carshalton & Wallington
  3. Vincent Cable - Twickenham
  4. David Clelland - Tyne Bridge
  5. George Galloway - Bethnal Green & Bow
  6. Bruce George - Walsall South
  7. Dominic Grieve - Beaconsfield
  8. Doug Henderson - Newcastle upon Tyne North
  9. Tessa Jowell - Dulwich & West Norwood
  10. Gerald Kaufman - Manchester, Gorton
  11. Alan Keen - Feltham & Heston
  12. Ann Keen - Brentford & Isleworth
  13. David Kidney - Stafford
  14. Ashok Kumar - Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland
  15. Bob Laxton - Derby North
  16. Tony Lloyd - Manchester Central
  17. Fiona Mactaggart - Slough
  18. Theresa May - Maidenhead
  19. Elliot Morley - Scunthorpe
  20. Douglas Naysmith - Bristol North West
  21. Dawn Primarolo - Bristol South
  22. Terry Rooney - Bradford North
  23. Barry Sheerman - Huddersfield
  24. Alan Simpson - Nottingham South
  25. Claire Ward - Watford
  26. Tom Watson - West Bromwich East
  27. Alan Whitehead - Southampton, Test
  28. David Winnick - Walsall North

Around another 30 MPs contacted - List will be posted tomorrow

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Additional MPs contacted in the last 24 hours about the Sikh Lobby:

  1. Robert Ainsworth – Coventry North East
  2. John Austin - Erith & Thamesmead
  3. Hilary Benn - Leeds Central
  4. Roger Berry - Kingswood
  5. Peter Bottomley - Worthing West
  6. Richard Burden - Birmingham, Northfield
  7. Harry Cohen - Leyton & Wanstead
  8. Jeremy Corbyn - Islington North
  9. Jim Cousins - Newcastle upon Tyne Central
  10. Jon Cruddas - Dagenham
  11. John Denham - Southampton, Itchen
  12. Parmjit Dhanda - Gloucester
  13. Stephen Dorrell - Charnwood
  14. Jim Dowd - Lewisham West
  15. Sandra Gidley - Romsey
  16. Roger Godsiff - Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath
  17. Patrick Hall - Bedford
  18. Mike Hancock CBE - Portsmouth South
  19. John Heppell - Nottingham East
  20. Keith Hill - Streatham
  21. Margaret Hodge MBE - Barking
  22. Kelvin Hopkins - Luton North
  23. Simon Hughes - North Southwark & Bermondsey
  24. Lynne Jones - Birmingham, Selly Oak
  25. Sally Keeble - Northampton North
  26. Ruth Kelly - Bolton West
  27. Oliver Letwin - West Dorset
  28. Peter Lilley - Hitchin & Harpenden
  29. Siobhain McDonagh - Mitcham & Morden
  30. John McDonnell - Hayes & Harlington
  31. Khalid Mahmood - Birmingham, Perry Barr
  32. Patrick Mercer - Newark
  33. Margaret Moran - Luton South
  34. Julie Morgan - Cardiff North
  35. Mike O’Brien - North Warwickshire
  36. Richard Ottaway - Croydon South
  37. Nick Palmer - Broxtowe
  38. Ian Pearson - Dudley South
  39. James Plaskitt - Warwick & Leamington
  40. Stephen Pound - Ealing North
  41. Ken Purchase - Wolverhampton North East
  42. John Randall - Uxbridge
  43. Martin Salter - Reading West
  44. Mohammed Sarwar - Glasgow Central
  45. Richard Shepherd - Aldridge-Brownhills
  46. Sion Simon - Birmingham, Erdington
  47. Marsha Singh - Bradford West
  48. Jacqui Smith - Redditch
  49. John Spellar - Warley
  50. Phyllis Starkey - Milton Keynes South West
  51. Howard Stoate - Dartford
  52. Graham Stringer - Manchester, Blackley
  53. Gerry Sutcliffe - Bradford South
  54. Stephen Timms – East Ham
  55. Mark Todd - South Derbyshire
  56. Keith Vaz - Leicester East
  57. Rudi Vis - Finchley & Golders Green
  58. Malcolm Wicks - Croydon North
  59. Rosie Winterton - Doncaster Central
  60. Phil Woolas - Oldham East & Saddleworth

Twice the number estimated last night.

MPs are more likely to attend if constituents attend and keep contacting the local MP

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PLEASE TRY AND MAKE AN APPEARANCE AT THE UK PARLIAMENT TODAY

3-PM - JUBILEE ROOM

24TH ANNIVERSARY OF NOV 84 SIKH GENOCIDE

SIKH LOBBY

Houses of Parliament, London - Thursday 30 October 2008

Jubilee Room: 3.00-5.00pm

Host: Rob Marris MP, Chair All Party Parliamentary Group for UK Sikhs

Please contact your local MP as soon as possible by ringing 020 7219 3000 and invite the MP to meet you in the Jubilee Room 9: 3-5pm.

A year long campaign of events and activities linked to June & November 1984 is being launched on the 24th anniversary of November 1984

The Campaign 84 Team is delighted to announce that Harvinder Singh Phoolka will be the special guest in the UK from Sunday 26 October – Sunday 2 November 2008. He is a senior advocate in the Supreme Court, and former additional advocate general, Punjab. He stands apart from his colleagues in the legal fraternity. At the risk of incurring the Congress government's wrath, he took up the cases of the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms. He can be credited with keeping alive the fight for justice for the 1984 victims, has been the force behind setting up of the Citizen’s Justice Committee and has spearheaded one of the longest and most torturous legal battles in modern history.

Harvinder Singh Phoolka will speak at a number of Gurdwaras on Sunday 26 October and Sunday 2 November. He will also be the main guest speaker at an event in the UK Parliament on Thursday 30 October at 3pm (Jubilee Room). He will also give interviews and appear on a number of discussion programmes on radio. To enable our message to reach non-Sikhs various meetings are being set up and interviews are also being lined up with the mainstream media to coincide with the 24th anniversary of November 1984.

The programme confirmed for Harvinder Singh Phoolka is as follows:

Sunday 26 October

Morning – Guru Nanak Parkash Gurdwara, Coventry

Midday – Guru Teg Bahadur Gurdwara, Leicester

Evening – Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, Gravesend

Wednesday 29 October

6.30pm – Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Park Avenue, Southall

Sunday 2 November

Morning – Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Slough

Midday – Central Gurdwara, Shepherd’s Bush

Afternoon – Gurdwara to be confirmed

Radio interviews

10am - Monday 27 October: Raaj Radio

7pm - Monday 27 October: Panjab Radio

8pm – Wednesday 29 October: Akash Radio

For further information contact:

  • Bhai Amrik Singh – Sikh Federation (UK) 07860 633488
  • Bhai Dabinderjit Singh – Sikh Secretariat 07919 166163
  • Bhai Didar Singh – Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Southall 07904 422188
  • Bhai Gurjit Singh – Khalsa Human Rights 07877 315993
  • Bhai Kuldip Singh – Federation of Sikh Organisations 07877 067922
  • Bhai Narinderjit Singh - Guru Nanak Darbar, Gravesend 01474 536393

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