1984 Sikh Genocide

Copy of report on November 1984 Sikh Genocide presented to Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General, UN

New York: For the first time in 30 years New York Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights afforded the 1984 victims an opportunity to present evidence on the Sikh Genocide. While hundreds of Sikhs from North America rallied outside the UN Headquarters, Human Rights Officer Stenfano Sensi of OHCHR recorded the testimony of the 1984 witnesses and received documentary evidence about the role of Congress leaders in killing of Sikhs.

1984 Victims Had A Day in United Nations – Human Rights Officer With OHCHR Documents Testimony of Witnesses

New York, USA: For the first time in 30 years New York Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights afforded the 1984 victims an opportunity to present evidence on the Sikh Genocide. While hundreds of Sikhs from North America rallied outside the UN Headquarters, Human Rights Officer Stenfano Sensi of OHCHR recorded the testimony of the 1984 witnesses and received documentary evidence about the role of Congress leaders in killing of Sikhs.

Punjabi University students held candle light vigil to remember victims of Sikh Genocide 1984

Patiala/Punjab: A Candle light march and vigil was organized by students of Punjabi University, Patiala on November 04, 2014 at Punjabi University Campus in the memory of “Sikh Genocide 1984”.

Rare footage and survivor Interviews recorded just few days after November 1984 Sikh Genocide

Thirty years have passed since the pogroms of Sikhs in India. During the first week of November 1984, police, politicians, and government leaders organized and implemented pogroms against Sikhs throughout the country.

Hondh Chillar Massacre: There was blood all over the Gurdwara Sahib, recalls surviver

Haryana, India: Thirty-eight people, including women and children, from Rewari district's Hondh Chillar village were burnt alive on November 2, 1984 as part of systematic genocidal massacres of the Sikhs through out India. The bodies of the villagers were later dumped in a well.

Kultar’s Mime heads to the UK

London: They are not looking for revenge. They are not looking to incite. The only statement that the play makes is that any violence against innocents is wrong.

Thirty Years On (from November, 1984): A poem by Jaspreet Singh

A poem on 30th anniversary of the Sikh Genocide 1984 by Jaspreet Singh, author of Helium.

MP Parm Gill mentioned the Sikh massacres of 1984 in Canadian parliament

Ontario, Canada: Parm Gill, MP from Brampton—Springdale, Ontario delivered a speech in Canadian parliament briefing the facts related to November 1984 Sikh Genocide. He called upon members of the house to contemn the atrocities and remember the victims of 1984.

30th anniversary of November 1984 Sikh Genocide: the time for international action: Peermohammad writes to Modi

New Delhi, India: All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) president Karnail Singh Peermohammad has written a letter to the Indian Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi on 30th anniversary of the Sikh Genocide of November 1984. A copy of letter is sent to the Sikh Siyasat News by AISSF media adviser Gurpiar Singh.

US appeals court to hear Sikh Genocide 1984 related case on Dec. 02

New York, USA: A US court will hear an appeal filed by a Sikh rights and advocacy group along with victims-cum-survivors of Sikh Genocide 1984 in a Sikh rights violation case.

1984 massacres in Trilokpuri: ‘Bodies of hundreds of Sikhs were scattered, some showed signs of life’

Those killed were burnt so that no evidence was left. In fact all over Delhi, the pattern was the same. The killings began in east, west, south and north almost simultaneously on the first evening and continued till the third. Everywhere the bodies were disposed of by burning.

Copy of Letter to US President Barack Obama by Sikh Coalition, Human Rights Watch and Ensaaf regarding 1984 Sikh Massacres

Washington, DC: The Sikh Coalition, in partnership with Ensaaf and Human Rights Watch, sent a letter to US President Barack Obama, on Nov. 03 (2014), urging him to support justice for the 1984 anti-Sikh massacres, which claimed the lives of thousands of Sikhs throughout India 30 years ago.

Sikh Coalition, Ensaaf and Human Rights Watch write to Obama seeking Justice for 1984 Anti-Sikh Massacres

Washington, DC: The Sikh Coalition, in partnership with Ensaaf and Human Rights Watch, sent a letter to US President Barack Obama, on Nov. 03 (2014), urging him to support justice for the 1984 anti-Sikh massacres, which claimed the lives of thousands of Sikhs throughout India 30 years ago.

Massive Rally in Delhi condemns state terrorism of 1984; Marks 30 years of Sikh Genocide 1984

New Delhi, India (Nov. 01): On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Sikh genocide of 1984, a massive rally and public meeting took place in Delhi on November 01, 2014. The rally was organized by Lok Raj Sangathan along with several other organisations. Hundreds of people marched from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar demanding that the guilty of 1984 must be punished and calling on the people to unite to end state terrorism.

Commemorating 30th year of Sikh Genocidr: ‘Rights and Justice March’ to knock the doors of the United Nations

Amritsar, Punjab: Commemorating the 30th year of the Delhi massacre, leaders and activists of various Sikh bodies led by Dal Khalsa, Damdami Taksal and SAD (Panch Pardani) today undertook a long march under the banner of ‘Rights and Justice March’ to knock the doors of the United Nations to petition against Indian state for utterly failing to deliver justice to aggrieved community and victims of Nov 1984 massacre.

Sikhs in Srinagar protest against against denial of justice in India on 30th anniversary of Sikh Genocide

Srinagar: In occupied Kashmir, the members of Sikh community demanding action against perpetrators of the 1984 Sikh Massacres in India held a protest demonstration.

Remembering 1984 – Our History, Our Responsibility

November 1, 2014 (New York, NY) - Thirty years ago, from October 31 - November 3, 1984, Sikhs were hunted and murdered, in the thousands, by government-orchestrated mobs in cities throughout India following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. As Manoj Mitta stated in his remarks at the U.S. Congressional briefing, “By any standards of the civilized world, Delhi 1984 is one of a kind, a monstrosity without a parallel.”

Sikh Diaspora Demands International Action on 1984 Sikh Genocide

The Council of Khalistan, together with other Sikh organisations across the Sikh diaspora responded uniformly today in robustly condemning this morning’s Indian police action in which hundreds of peaceful Sikh protestors were arrested in Punjab in order to prevent them taking part in a state-wide shutdown called to mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide of Sikhs in November 1984. [.....]

Identify, punish culprits of ’84 massacres, says Badal; Govt planning to reopen some cases: Jaitley

New Delhi, India: A function at Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib marked the beginning of work on a memorial to the victims of Sikh Genocide 1984. The memorial will have a wall, water body and a rock. The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) had laid the foundation stone of the memorial last year after the Congress government refused to allot land.

Thousands call for justice for victims of 1984 Sikh massacres; Amnesty campaign supported by more than 88K

New Delhi, India: An official release by Amnesty International India received by the Sikh Siyasat News says: [o]ver 80,000 people across India have supported an Amnesty International India campaign calling for the Indian government to reopen all closed cases and re-investigate the massacre of over 3,000 Sikhs in the days following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984.

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