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Painting "Khoon ke Athru" by Harjit Kaur Grewal.

Receive an original painting for sponsoring Ensaaf’s Appear for the Disappeared 5K walk

March 19, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

As mentioned last week, I will be participating in an event in Fremont, California, on April 6, called “Appear for the Disappeared“, a five-kilometer walk to raise funds for Ensaaf, a non-profit organization that is documenting and seeking justice for the thousands of victims of state-sponsored disappearances during the 1980s and 1990s in Punjab, India. During that time, innocent men and women —  particularly Sikhs — were the victims of torture and extra-judicial killings in Punjab by state agencies and […]

Categories: 1984, Events • Tags: Appear for the Disappeared, California, Decade of Disappearances, Ensaaf, Fremont, Harjit Kaur

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Artwork by Khushboo Gulati for Ensaaf's Decade of Disappearances Art Contest (source: Ensaaf Facebook page)

2012 murder-suicide in Selma, CA, has origin in Kashmir human rights crimes

February 1, 2013 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

An article in Guernica by Shubh Mathur tells the story behind last year’s murder-suicide in Selma, California, of Avtar Singh, who murdered his wife and three sons before turning his weapon on himself. Prior to his murderous act, Avtar Singh was being confronted about his dubious past as a major in the Indian army: The story of his crimes and the manner in which he evaded justice for sixteen years is a grim chronicle of Indian crimes against humanity in […]

Categories: 1984, Art, Civil Rights • Tags: Avtar Singh, California, Decade of Disappearances, Ensaaf, impunity, Kashmir, Selma

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Decade of Disappearances Art Contest first place winner by Priya Handa (source: Ensaaf Facebook page)

Picture of the Day: Winning artwork from Ensaaf’s “Decade of Disappearances” contest

December 21, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Ensaaf, a human rights organization focusing on state crimes that were perpetrated in Punjab and India, has announced the winning entries into their “Decade of Disappearances” Art Contest. The evocative artwork above, by artist Priya Handa, was selected as the winning piece: This painting represents the disappearances and the injustice Sikhs have had to suffer. In this painting nothing is still or concrete. Everything is either moving or blurred, just like history and time. I use an infusion of my […]

Categories: 1984, Art, Civil Rights, Events • Tags: Decade of Disappearances, Ensaaf, Priya Handa

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Ensaaf Decade of Disappearances Art Contest

Ensaaf’s “Decade of Disappearances” art contest

November 19, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Ensaaf (meaning justice) is a non-profit organization that works to document and bring justice to those involved in state-sponsored crimes perpetrated in India, particularly in Punjab during the 1980s and 1990s when human rights violations were rampant as part of a counterinsurgency. To bring more awareness to this issue, Ensaaf is hosting the “Decade of Disappearances” art contest: We are calling on artists to create print media pieces that shed light on human rights abuses and state-sponsored disappearances in Punjab, […]

Categories: Art, Civil Rights, Events • Tags: Decade of Disappearances, Ensaaf

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