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July 25, 2015

Ahead of the US visit of Capt Amarinder Singh, a Sikh rights group sought criminal prosecution of former Chief Minister of the State of Punjab for reinstating, promoting and protecting the police officials named repeatedly by victims and human rights groups as perpetrators of torture, disappearances, and extrajudicial executions during counter insurgency operations in 1990's.
We remember with sorrow the deaths of innocent Muslims killed in 2002 in the Gujarat Genocide and of innocent Christians killed in 2008 in the Odisha Pogrom.
Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa, who has been on a fast unto death since January 16 demanding the release of 65 Sikh prisoners languishing in jails after having served their time, has inspired Sikhs and others all around the world for his willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice to achieve justice for others.
David Cameron and his ministers have been courting their Indian counterparts for trade but without seeing anything substantial in return.
Aam Aadmi Party's parliamentarian Harinder Singh Khalsa yesterday shot a legal notice to AAP's Punjab state legal cell chief Advo. Himmat Singh Shergill.
Sikh political prisoners who have been in jail for more than 14 years, 13 Sikh political prisoners who have completed over 14 years in prisons are unlikely to benefit from the verdict as either they were convicted under infamous TADA, or their cases were investigated by the CBI.
The police reportedly arrested around 60 workers of various organisations, including Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on July 24. They were demanding the release of Sikh prisoners and were holding protest in support of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa.
Sikh political prisoners who have been in jail for more than 14 years, 13 Sikh political prisoners who have completed over 14 years in prisons are unlikely to benefit from the verdict as either they were convicted under infamous TADA, or their cases were investigated by the CBI.
Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar president Simranjit Singh Mann met Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMC) Ludhiana yesterday.

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