Protest Outside The Indian High Commission (aldwych, London) - Tuesday 15 August 2006 (1.00-2.30pm)

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

Protest outside the Indian High Commission

Tuesday 15 August 2006

Aldwych, London

1.00-2.30pm

Every year three protests are organised by the Federation of Sikh Organisations (FSO) - the June remembrance rally and march and protests outside the Indian High Commission in London on 15 August and 26 January. The latter mark Indian Independence and India's Republic Day respectively.

For the last three years Young Sikhs have been turning up in larger numbers and taking an active part in the June remembrance rally and march. This has sent an important message to the Indian authorities and Sikhs across the world about the activism of Sikh youngsters in the UK and that we will never forget 1984.

Young Sikhs supported by organisations such as the Sikh Federation (UK) have gradually been trying to change the focus of the June event to get our message across more effectively and emphasise the importance of justice and freedom for the Sikhs. Many more improvements need to be made, despite the changes in recent years.

Although the protests outside the Indian High Commission in London on 15 August and 26 January are much smaller events it is important for young Sikhs to get more actively involved in providing a new impetus to these protests as they are directly linked to the issue of freedom for the Sikhs and how the Indian State has totally failed the Sikhs.

For the protest taking place on Tuesday 15 August young Sikhs are planning to make a bigger impact by introducing new aspects to the protest. A sound system will be available to get our messages across more effectively - please come prepared with relevant messages and slogans - pre-recordings on CD would be helpful. The protest will also involve creating a human chain of young Sikhs directly outside the Indian High Commission. Over 100 young Sikhs with appropriately worded 'sandwich boards' are required to perform this seva.

Young Sikhs from Bedford, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Coventry, Dartford, Derby, East Ham, Erith, Gillingham, Gravesend, Huddersfield, Leamington, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Luton, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Nottingham, Slough, Southall, Southampton, Stafford, Telford, Walsall, Willenhall, Wolverhampton etc. are urged to ensure they play their part in this important protest.

Email info@sikhfederation.com to confirm the number of participants from your town.

[Kaur_kiran]

wjkk wjkf

anybody from leicester wishing to go please pm me with your details so i can organise transprt.

we will be leaving leicester at 10am.

wjkk wjkf

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

Young Sikhs from Bedford, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Coventry, Dartford, Derby, East Ham, Erith, Gillingham, Gravesend, Huddersfield, Leamington, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Luton, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Nottingham, Slough, Southall, Southampton, Stafford, Telford, Walsall, Willenhall, Wolverhampton etc. are urged to ensure they play their part in this important protest.

Email info@sikhfederation.com to confirm the number of participants from your town.

Young Sikhs from Coventry, Derby, Leamington, Leicester and Slough have confirmed their attendance.

[Kaur_kiran]

wjkk wjkf

why is it on a nagar kirtan we are able to wear our 1984 tshirts.. the time when we are sapposed to be singing mahraj's bani and then the time to actualy use your voices and your t-shirts no - one is willing to get up and attend these protests...please please please attend these events and show the indian government that the youth of today wont let these issues drop until we get what we deserve.

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

wjkk wjkf

why is it on a nagar kirtan we are able to wear our 1984 tshirts.. the time when we are sapposed to be singing mahraj's bani and then the time to actualy use your voices and your t-shirts no - one is willing to get up and attend these protests...please please please attend these events and show the indian government that the youth of today wont let these issues drop until we get what we deserve.

Young Sikhs from East Ham have also confirmed their attendance.

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

wjkk wjkf

why is it on a nagar kirtan we are able to wear our 1984 tshirts.. the time when we are sapposed to be singing mahraj's bani and then the time to actualy use your voices and your t-shirts no - one is willing to get up and attend these protests...please please please attend these events and show the indian government that the youth of today wont let these issues drop until we get what we deserve.

Young Sikhs from East Ham have also confirmed their attendance.

Bristol can also be added to the list.

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

Do Sikhs in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany etc. protest on 15 August and 26 January?

If Sikhs in these countries do nothing on 15 August are they not concerned with the betrayal of Sikhs following their sacrifices for Indian independence and the treatment of Sikhs since 1947?

If Sikhs in these countries do nothing on 26 January are they not concerned about the Indian Constitution and the lack of recognition of Sikhs?

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

Protest outside the Indian High Commission

Aldwych, London

Tuesday 15 August 2006

12.30-2.00pm (please note revised time)

Every year three protests are organised by the Federation of Sikh Organisations (FSO) - the June remembrance rally and march and protests outside the Indian High Commission in London on 15 August and 26 January. The latter mark Indian Independence and India's Republic Day respectively.

For the last three years Young Sikhs have been turning up in larger numbers and taking an active part in the June remembrance rally and march. This has sent an important message to the Indian authorities and Sikhs across the world about the activism of Sikh youngsters in the UK and that we will never forget 1984.

Young Sikhs supported by organisations such as the Sikh Federation (UK) have gradually been trying to change the focus of the June event to get our message across more effectively and emphasise the importance of justice and freedom for the Sikhs. Many more improvements need to be made, despite the changes in recent years.

Although the protests outside the Indian High Commission in London on 15 August and 26 January are much smaller events it is important for young Sikhs to get more actively involved in providing a new impetus to these protests as they are directly linked to the issue of freedom for the Sikhs and how the Indian State has totally failed the Sikhs.

For the protest taking place on Tuesday 15 August young Sikhs are planning to make a bigger impact by introducing new aspects to the protest. A sound system will be available to get our messages across more effectively - please come prepared with relevant messages and slogans - pre-recordings on CD would be helpful. The protest will also involve creating a human chain of young Sikhs directly outside the Indian High Commission. Over 100 young Sikhs with appropriately worded 'sandwich boards' are required to perform this seva.

Young Sikhs from Bedford, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Coventry, Dartford, Derby, East Ham, Erith, Gillingham, Gravesend, Huddersfield, Leamington, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Luton, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Nottingham, Slough, Southall, Southampton, Stafford, Telford, Walsall, Willenhall, Wolverhampton etc. are urged to ensure they play their part in this important protest.

For the first time ever the Hindu Human Rights Group are also planning a 'protest' which they have advertised on their web site as taking place between 2-5pm. This is almost certainly an Indian Government sponsored challenge to minority communities, such as Sikhs and Kashmiris who are campaigning for their freedom.

Email info@sikhfederation.com to confirm the numbers participating from your town.

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

Check out the advert for 15 August on the Hindu Human Rights Group web site:

http://www.hinduhumanrights.org/

[JagtarSinghKhalsa]

Do Sikhs in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany etc. protest on 15 August and 26 January?

If Sikhs in these countries do nothing on 15 August are they not concerned with the betrayal of Sikhs following their sacrifices for Indian independence and the treatment of Sikhs since 1947?

If Sikhs in these countries do nothing on 26 January are they not concerned about the Indian Constitution and the lack of recognition of Sikhs?

Sikhs to Protest Indian Independence Day

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 14, 2006 – Sikhs from around the East Coast will gather in front of the Indian Embassy on Q Street between 21st St. And Massachusetts Avenue NW in Washington, DC to protest Indian Independence Day. If the Indian government again tries to trick the Sikhs by having its festivities at the Ambassador’s Residence, the demonstration will move there.

What: Demonstration to Protest Indian Independence Day Celebration

When: Tuesday, August 15, 2006, 9:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Where: In front of Gandhi statue at Indian Embassy, Q St. Between Massachusetts Ave. And 21st St. NW, Washington, DC

Why: To commemorate the Sikhs and other minorities murdered by the Indian government since Indian independence, to demand the release of all political prisoners, and to demand a sovereign, independent

Khalistan

Additionally, demonstrations will be held in front of the Indian High Commission in Aldwych, London, UK, and in other locations around the world. The media is encouraged to attend these demonstrations.

The Indian government has murdered over 250,000 Sikhs since 1984, more than 300,000 Christians in Nagaland, over 90,000 Muslims in Kashmir, tens of thousands of Christians and Muslims throughout the country, and tens of thousands of Assamese, Bodos, Dalits, Manipuris, Tamils, and others.

According to a report by the Movement Against State Repression (MASR), 52,268 Sikhs are being held as political prisoners in India without charge or trial, mostly under a repressive law known as the “Terrorist

and Disruptive Activities Act” (TADA), which expired in 1995. Many have been in illegal custody since 1984 There has been no list published of those who were acquitted under TADA and those who are still rotting in Indian jails. Tens of thousands of other minorities are also being held as political prisoners, according to Amnesty International. We demand the immediate release of all these political prisoners.

The MASR report quotes the Punjab Civil Magistracy as writing “if we add up the figures of the last few years the number of innocent persons killed would run into lakhs [hundreds of thousands.]” The Indian Supreme Court called the Indian government's murders of Sikhs worse than a genocide.”

Indian police arrested human-rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra after he exposed their policy of mass cremation of Sikhs, in which over 50,000 Sikhs have been arrested, tortured, and murdered, then their bodies were declared unidentified and secretly cremated. Khalra was murdered in police custody. His body was not given to his family.

No one has been brought to justice for the kidnapping and murder of Jaswant Singh Khalra. The police never released the body of former Jathedar of the Akal Takht Gurdev Singh Kaunke after SSP Swaran Singh Ghotna murdered him. He has never been tried for the Jathedar Kaunke murder. In 1994, the U.S. State Department reported that the Indian government had pad over 41,000 cash bounties for killing Sikhs.

Missionary Graham Staines was murdered along with his two sons, ages 8 and 10, by a mob of militant, fundamentalist Hindu nationalists who set fire to the jeep, surrounded it, and chanted “Victory to Hannuman,” a Hindu god. None of the people involved has been tried.

The persons who have murdered priests, raped nuns, and burned Christian churches have not been charged or tried. The murderers of 2,000 to 5,000 Muslims in Gujarat have never been brought to trial. An Indian newspaper reported that the police were ordered not to get involved in that massacre, a frightening parallel to the Delhi massacre of Sikhs in 1984.

“Is Jaswant Singh Khalra celebrating? Is Jathedar Kaunke celebrating?

Is Graham Staines celebrating?,” Dr. Aulakh asked. “How can a democracy celebrate the kind of violent repression that claimed their lives?”

“Only a sovereign, independent Khalistan will end the repression and raise the standard of living for the people of Punjab, said Dr. Gurmit Singh Aulakh, President of the Council of Khalistan, which is leading

the demonstration. “As Professor Darshan Singh, former Jathedar of the Akal Takht, said, ‘If a Sikh is not a Khalistani, he is not a Sikh.’,” Dr. Aulakh said. “We must free Khalistan now.”