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1984 Sikh Genocide - 30Th Anniversary


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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

We have recently released a collection of 71 speeches by Baba Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale,

You can access them here - http://www.discoversikhism.com/sikh_media/speeches_of_baba_jarnail_singh_bhindranwale.html (no need to download, just click and play)

How Punjab's missing thousands are being forgotten

Thirty years on from the Indian army's raid on the Golden Temple in June 1984, the relatives of those who were "disappeared" in the years after the attack feel their cause has been abandoned, reports the BBC's Jastinder Khera from Amritsar.

Satwant Singh Manak says he saw 15 people killed by his colleagues when he was serving in the Punjab police - but it was the last that cemented his sense of betrayal, and led him to turn his back on the force.

Kulwant Singh Kanta was a teenager who was detained by the police in April 1992 after a neighbour accused him of having joined a militant group.

"They tortured him for three days. Then they took him to a canal and killed him along with another detainee," Mr Manak recalls.

"They threw his body in the canal."... read more -http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-27585500

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VERY POWERFUL KAVITA

http://youtu.be/535kDiOKIYM

REMEMBERING THE JUNE 1984 HOLOCAUST

THIS IS A VERY POWERFUL KAVITA WRITTEN AND SUNG BY JAGOWALE. IT DEPICTS THE EVENTS ON JUNE 4TH 1984 WHEN AT 04.40AM THE INDIAN ARMY STARTED THE ATTACK ON SRI AKAAL TAKHT SAHIB WHILST THE SINGHS AND CONGREGATION WERE RECITING SRI ASA DI VAAR, A FULL SCALE ATTACK WAS UNDERWAY.

LISTEN TO THE HEROIC AND COURAGEOUS ACTS THE SINGHS HAD DONE TO DEFEND OUR HOLIEST SHRINES.

KHALISTAN JINDABAD
NEVER FORGET 84
SANT JARNAIL SINGH JI KHALSA BHINDRANWALE JINDABAD

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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Not sure if this has been posted before, however we came across this great initiative - http://www.1984livinghistory.org/

At the moment there are about 11 videos available to view.

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No prayers stir the silence under golden dome of the Golden Temple. There are no priests left to intone them. They are all dead or missing. The musical instruments, which at all times drummed out the tones and rhythms of worship are quiet for the first time in centuries. There are no visitors, only soldiers. The Sikhs Holy Bible is closed, covered by a blue cloth. There is no one to read its scriptures. It is like the Vatican without a Pope. At the other end of the causeway that links theto the Akhal Takhat, the second most sacred shrine in Sikhdom, the quiet is more permanent.” Ross Benson of the Daily Express, London, June 19 1984.

New York, USA- This week, from June 1st to June 6th is the 30th anniversary of Indian army attack on Sri Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple), Amritsar, Punjab, the sanctum sanctorum of the Sikhs and dozens of other historical Gurudwaras across India.

This army attack codenamed ‘Operation Bluestar’ resulted in the death of thousands of Sikh pilgrims including women and children. The full-scale army attack took place on June 3rd, which was the martyrdom day of fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjun Sahib. On this special day, thousands of Sikh pilgrims gather at Golden Temple to offer their prayers. Gunship helicopters, heavy artillery, and tanks were indiscriminately used in the attack. The highest temporal seat of Sikhism- Akal Takhat was reduced to rubble. Sikh archives with thousands of rare manuscripts, artifacts and historical books was looted and burnt.

Later, dead bodies of those killed inside were carried away in municipal dump trucks and burnt in piles using kerosene oil. After this attack, the government failed to provide any list of people killed, post mortem reports and compensation to the relatives of the innocent killed people.

According to Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, S.M. Sikri, “Operation Bluestar is a massive, deliberate and planned onslaught to the life, property and honor of a comparatively small, but easily identifiable minority community.”

One of the survivors of this horrible ‘Operation Bluestar’, Pritpal Singh, a 24 years old sevadar, shares his bone chilling story. He was on duty at the time of the attack. He was inside the Guru Ram Das Serai, the pilgrims guest house. He narrated, how he had a hair-breadth escape, even after being lined up before the firing squad on June 6, after he had been arrested, stripped naked and his hands had been tied behind his back with his turban.[1]

The June ’84 Sikh Massacre was followed by another army operation in Punjab countryside codenamed as ‘Operation Woodrose’ during which thousands of Sikh youngsters were killed in fake staged encounters. This Sikh hunt continued with the nation-wide government sponsored pogroms of November 1984.

Thirty years later the wounds of ‘Operation Bluestar’ are still festering. The perpetrators of heinous crimes against the Sikhs in past 30 years had not been held liable and are roaming free.

Voices for Freedom (VFF) sympathizes with the families of those thousands of innocent pilgrims killed thirty years ago. We will continue our pursuit of justice to hold guilty accountable so that such atrocities never happen again.

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of June ’84, VFF other than co-sponsoring couple of events to mark the occasion will also be releasing a report soon named “ 1984 Sikh Riots Genocide”, shedding the light on the Genocidal approach of the Indian government against the Sikh community.

You may read a previous press release on Voices For Freedom’s advocacy for human rights at http://voicesforfreedom.org/press-releases/legal-victory-for-voices-for-freedom-eight-sikhs-acquitted/

Issued by
Jaspreet Kaur
Legal Consultant
Voices For Freedom
Email: info@voicesforfreedom.org
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On the 30th Anniversary of Operation Bluestar, Ensaaf presents an eyewitness account of the Indian Army attack on The Harmandir Sahib Complex in Amritsar, Punjab, from June 1 and June 6, 1984. This exclusive interview reveals how the Indian Army intentionally killed thousands of civilians and used excessive force during this assault.

This was immensely heart wrenching....

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