The Tribune – Rights Group To Hold Meet On Sikh Genocide In Canada

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The Tribune Rights group to hold meet on Sikh genocide in Canada

Tribune News Service

Ontario, November 28. The Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), a US-based Sikh human rights and advocacy group, will hold the Sikh Genocide and Sovereignty Conference 2013 on December 7.

The information sent to the Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) by SFJ stated the conference would be held at Moonlight Convention Centre, 6,835 Professional Ct, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

The conference would revise the Sikh genocide complaint to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Eyewitnesses and survivors of the genocide will also share their experience at the conference.

The guest speakers include Bibi Jagdish Kaur, survivor of the 1984 Sikh genocide. She had witnessed how Congress leader Sajjan Kumar orchestrated the attacks on Sikhs.

She had lost her son, husband and other family members in the genocide.

Indira Prahst, Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, will also address the conference. He has travelled to Punjab, India and Pakistan to study the issues related to Sikhs. He has also interviewed several Sikh survivors of the genocide.

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