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The morning when the sun set: November 1, 1984

November 1, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Once more I am the silent one who came out of the distance wrapped in cold rain and bells: I owe to earth’s pure death the will to sprout.   Pablo Neruda (1904 – 1973) One morning, 27 years ago, I – a young lad living in the west – was walking to school.  It was seasonably cool morning. There was a dusting of frost on the grass and a slight chill in the air, but a warming sun was rising. […]

Categories: 1984, Reflections • Tags: 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Ensaaf, Harmandir Sahib, India, Indira Gandhi, Operation Blue Star, Operation Bluestar, Sikh genocide, Sikh Genocide Project, Sikhs for Justice

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Ruling pending on diplomatic immunity for Kamal Nath from US trial

September 22, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Yesterday, a preliminary hearing was held to determine whether Kamal Nath, an accused organizer of the anti-Sikh pogroms in November 1984 in India, would be granted diplomatic immunity from the civil trial proceeding in the United States.  The case is being pursued by Sikhs for Justice on behalf of surviving victims of the mass murder of thousands of Sikhs more than 25 years ago in India.  The US Judge who is overseeing the case is now considering the issue of […]

Categories: 1984, News Bits • Tags: 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, India, Judge Robert Sweet, Kamal Nath, New York, Pannun, Sikh, Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991, U.S. Federal Court, United States

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Sikhs for Justice files for Kamal Nath subpoena to US court

August 24, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

A preliminary hearing for the civil lawsuit in the United States seeking compensation for the victims of the 1984 pogroms against Sikhs in India is scheduled on September 21.  The group Sikhs for Justice intends to show that these pogroms were organized by government officials within the Congress Party of India.  This civil suit is based on two federal laws: the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) of 1789 and the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA) of 1991. A defendant in the case is Kamal […]

Categories: 1984, News Bits • Tags: 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Alien Tort Statute, Kamal Nath, Sikhs for Justice, Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991

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Kamal Nath – accused 1984 anti-Sikh massacre organizer – claims diplomatic immunity

July 1, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Kamal Nath, a minister in India’s government who is accused of being one of the organizers of the 1984 anti-Sikh progroms, has claimed diplomatic immunity from the US civil suit that is to begin in September. He also claims to not have received the summons to appear at the trial. The United States State Department has not officially determined whether diplomatic immunity would be granted to Nath.  Sikhs for Justice, the group that filed the class action suit in US court (under the Alien Tort Claims […]

Categories: 1984, News Bits • Tags: Diplomatic immunity, Kamal Nath, Sikh genocide, Sikhs for Justice, United States State Department

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A prelude to 1984

June 3, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

It was late 1983 when my family was staying in Chandigarh, India. As is common for Sikh families, we were planning a trip to Amritsar and Harmandir Sahib (Sikhism’s central Gurdwara, also known as the Golden Temple). I was nine years old at the time. Little did we know that only a few months later, my family would be glued to our TV, watching reports of the Indian government’s military attack upon the heart of Sikhism in Operation Bluestar.  In […]

Categories: 1984, Reflections • Tags: 1984, Akal Takht, Amritsar, Golden Temple, Harchand Singh Longowal, Harmandir Sahib, Indian Government, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Operation Blue Star, Operation Bluestar

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US court facilitates pursuit of justice on behalf of Sikh genocide victims

May 31, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

There is an interesting phenomenon currently going on in the United States whereby Sikhs in the US are seeking justice by way of a class action lawsuit for the targeted killings of several thousands of Sikhs across India during November of 1984 in response to the assassination of then-Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards.  How it has come to be that India’s ruling Congress Party could be sued in the United States by a group representing Sikhs for the killings that took place in […]

Categories: 1984, News Bits • Tags: Alien Tort Claims Act, Congress Party of India, Ensaaf, Golden Temple, Harmandir Sahib, Indira Gandhi, New York, Operation Bluestar, Sikh genocide, Sikhs for Justice, Torture Victim Protection Act

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Remembering the Sikh genocide of 1984

November 3, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

In India, thousands of Sikhs were slaughtered by Hindu mobs in the days after Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984: Khushwant Singh realized “what Jews must have felt in Nazi Germany.” He concluded: “The killing assumed the proportions of a genocide of the Sikh community.” To this day, Sikhs are still awaiting justice for this massacre. See The Sikh Genocide Project for a thorough recounting of the events leading to the […]

Categories: 1984 • Tags: India, Indira Gandhi, Sikh genocide

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