It has been more than one month since Paramjeet Singh was arrested and imprisoned in Portugal while India are preparing their case for extradition.
In May 2015 INTERPOL announced a new policy relating to recognised refugees, responding to calls for reform led by Fair Trials International and the Open Dialogue Foundation. INTERPOL therefore has a policy of removing Red Notices of individuals who have been verified to be refugees.
The Sikh Federation (UK) and the Swiss-based Movement Against Atrocities and Repression (MAAR) yesterday organised a meeting at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva.
A Portugal court today granted extension of 22 days to the Government of India to submit extradition papers in a case against UK asylum seeker Paramjeet Singh Pamma.
More than 120 MPs have been contacted by constituents across the UK in the last 5 days to pressure Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary to demand the Portuguese authorities reunite a 42-year old man with his family in the West Midlands.
The arrest by Portuguese authorities of an Indian father-of-four as he began a holiday with his family in the Algarve just before Christmas has “ignited Sikh groups across the world”, writes the online Sikh press association.
Sikh groups across the world have expressed concern for the wellbeing of Paramjeet Singh following a move to have him extradited to India after his arrest by Interpol in Portugal.
Indian authorities have reportedly requested the Portuguese authorities to grant extradition of Sikh activist Paramjit Singh Pamma in three cases: 2009 murder of Rulda Singh, head of the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat and 2010 bomb blasts in Patiala and Ambala. But according to legal experts India’s claims for extradition of Paramjit Singh Pamma were weak.
In the extradition proceedings of Paramjit Singh Pamma, a judge in Evora, Portugal, asked the Government Of India to produce the evidence of terror related charges against the UK based Sikh separatist by January 04, 2016.
As per information a UK based Sikh body, Sikh Council UK, has engaged into political efforts against deportation of Paramjeet Singh Pamma to India. He was reportedly detained by the InterPol from a hotel in Portugal yesterday.
Paramjeet Singh alias Pamma, a relative of Bhai Balwinder Singh Jatana has reportedly been arrested by the InterPol from Portugal.
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