Candlelight Vigil Bham 4th Nov 09

[BOSS]

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh.

There is a Candle Light vigil in the remembrance of the Sikhs who died in the Sikh Massacre 25 years ago.

It is at "Chamberlain Square. Birmingham City Centre (Outside Central Library)".

On Wednesday 4th November 2009, 4PM - 7PM

Remember 1984

Let the silence be heard...

Sikh Massacre 25 years

Here is a map: Google Maps

For more info. SikhTheTruth@hotmail.co.uk

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh.

[SIKHSOC]

REMEMBER 1984; The Sikh Massacre: Let the silence be heard…

25 Years on…

Candlelight Vigil 09

4pm to 7pm – 4th November 2009 – Chamberlain Square (outside library),

Birmingham, UK

Plea to the Sikh Youth : Unite and Remember on Wed 4th November 2009

"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 25th 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 (Shaheed Bhai Beant Singh and Shaheed Bhai 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, www.ensaaf.org )

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 Chamberlain Square in

Birmingham City Centre on Wednesday 4th November, from 4pm to 7pm 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 4th November.

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

mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters in India every day.

PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERYONE and SHOW YOUR SUPPORT ON THE 4TH NOVEMEBER 2009

[aman_jee]

It's been 25 years....no justice, If anyone came to see The Widow Colony thy should be compelled to come and show that the world has not forgotten the victims of 1984.

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

It would be great if pictures of the event could be put up