June 1984 - Remembrance March & Freedom Rally

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

SOME OF THE MESSAGES WE WANT TO GIVE

1) Sikhs throughout the world were outraged by the June 1984 Indian army assault on the Darbar Sahib Complex, where the Akaal Takht, Sikh Reference Library and historic artefacts were destroyed or damaged beyond repair.

2) To maximise casualties the unprecedented action using artillery and tanks was deliberately timed to coincide with the anniversary of the martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji.

3) There were huge numbers of pilgrims in attendance, which resulted in thousands of innocent Sikhs being killed in cold blood, many with their hands and feet bound, including women and children.

4) Over 125 other Gurdwaras, including forty historic Gurdwaras throughout Punjab were simultaneously attacked using massive fire power. Thousands of Sikhs were arrested, tortured, and killed, including children.

Please contact your local Gurdwara and join the many thousands of Sikhs in London on Sunday 13 June 2010 for the Remembrance March & Freedom Rally to remember those massacred in June 1984.

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[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

On Monday 24 May the Sikh Channel started advertising the Remembrance March & Freedom Rally on Sunday 13 June 2010 in London.

The scroll reads:

JUNE 1984 REMEMBRANCE MARCH & FREEDOM RALLY – Join thousands of other Sikhs on Sunday 13 June from 11am in North Carriage Drive , outside Hyde Park . Followed by massive rally in Trafalgar Square ending at 4.30pm . Contact your local Gurdwara for transport. All Gurdwaras are encouraged to provide the Sikh Channel with local contact details for a Promo.

A Promo was developed for the Sikh Channel by a Sikh Federation (UK) sewadar and sent to the Sikh Channel last night (Wednesday 26 May).

Another Promo that was developed on Monday 24 May is more suitable on-line and will be made available in the next 24 hours.

[amzsingh]

Gurfateh Jee,

All photographs from last year are here: http://g5sikhmedia.c...tegory&catid=32 and on facebook here: http://www.facebook....176469550&op=30

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[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

On Monday 24 May the Sikh Channel started advertising the Remembrance March & Freedom Rally on Sunday 13 June 2010 in London.

The scroll reads:

JUNE 1984 REMEMBRANCE MARCH & FREEDOM RALLY – Join thousands of other Sikhs on Sunday 13 June from 11am in North Carriage Drive , outside Hyde Park . Followed by massive rally in Trafalgar Square ending at 4.30pm . Contact your local Gurdwara for transport. All Gurdwaras are encouraged to provide the Sikh Channel with local contact details for a Promo.

A Promo was developed for the Sikh Channel by a Sikh Federation (UK) sewadar and sent to the Sikh Channel last night (Wednesday 26 May).

Another Promo that was developed on Monday 24 May is more suitable on-line and will be made available in the next 24 hours.

2-MINUTE PROMO STARTED ON THE SIKH CHANNEL YESTERDAY EVENING

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

The 2-minute Sikh Channel Promo started last night.

The three quotes below are used:

Joyce Pettigrew described the attack 'not to eliminate a political figure or a political movement but to suppress the culture of a people, to attack their heart, to strike a blow at their spirit and self-confidence. The army . . . went berserk and killed every Sikh man, woman and child who could be found inside the temple complex'.

'For five days the Panjab has been cut off from the rest of the world. There is a 24-hour curfew. All telephone and telex lines are cut. No foreigners are permitted . . . all journalists were expelled. There are no newspapers, no trains, no buses . . . Orders to shoot on site, were widely carried out. The whole of Panjab with its 5,000 villages and 50 major cities, was tuned into a concentration camp.'

(Christian Science Monitor, 8 June 1984)

'Thousands of people have disappeared from the Panjab since the siege of the Sikh's Golden Temple here several weeks ago. In some villages men between 15-35 have been bound, blindfolded and taken away. Their fate is unknown'.

(Sunday Times, 22 June 1984)

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109858655725398

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

The 2-minute Sikh Channel Promo started last night.

The three quotes below are used:

Joyce Pettigrew described the attack 'not to eliminate a political figure or a political movement but to suppress the culture of a people, to attack their heart, to strike a blow at their spirit and self-confidence. The army . . . went berserk and killed every Sikh man, woman and child who could be found inside the temple complex'.

'For five days the Panjab has been cut off from the rest of the world. There is a 24-hour curfew. All telephone and telex lines are cut. No foreigners are permitted . . . all journalists were expelled. There are no newspapers, no trains, no buses . . . Orders to shoot on site, were widely carried out. The whole of Panjab with its 5,000 villages and 50 major cities, was tuned into a concentration camp.'

(Christian Science Monitor, 8 June 1984)

'Thousands of people have disappeared from the Panjab since the siege of the Sikh's Golden Temple here several weeks ago. In some villages men between 15-35 have been bound, blindfolded and taken away. Their fate is unknown'.

(Sunday Times, 22 June 1984)

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LINK TO THE 2-MINUTE PROMO ON THE SIKH CHANNEL IS BELOW:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp2dH47qtjY

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

ONLY 8 DAYS TO GO!

LIST OF SIKH ORGANISATIONS / GURDWARAS ARRANGING TRANSPORT SENT TO SIKH CHANNEL FOR NEW PROMO TO PUSH 13 JUNE EVENT

GET YOUR LOCAL GURDWARA TO MAKE SURE THEY ADD THEIR DETAILS

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

LINK TO THE 2-MINUTE PROMO ON THE SIKH CHANNEL IS BELOW:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp2dH47qtjY

New Promo with list of Sikh organisations / Gurdwaras arranging transport should be on the Sikh Channel from today.

Local contact details will be given.

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

LESS THAN 1 WEEK TO GO !

NEW PROMO ON SIKH CHANNEL WAS TO GO LIVE TODAY WITH LIST OF SIKH ORGANISATIONS / GURDWARAS ARRANGING TRANSPORT

GET YOUR LOCAL GURDWARA TO MAKE SURE THEY ADD THEIR DETAILS