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UK MPs Release
Report
ON NOVEMBER 1984 ANTI-SIKH POGROMS
"TWENTY YEARS ON - A CALL
FOR ACTION"
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organisers of the Sikh Lobby Day the Sikh Federation
(UK), Young Sikhs, National Council of Gurdwaras,
Khalsa Human Rights and the Sikh Secretariat invited
Rob Marris MP to officially launch the report
titled: "Twenty years on - A call for action".
The Human Rights Advisory Group of the Panjabis
In Britain All Party Parliamentary Group produced
the report. The report was circulated to UK MPs
that attended the presentations in the Attlee
Suite in Portcullis House on 11 November. The
report is currently being made more widely available
to UK MPs and Lords and will be invaluable for
a parliamentary debate that is being planned .
Rob Marris MP describing the report said "it's
horrifying, it chills your blood and it's worth
reading, it's a very sobering report". He
then called for a minute's silence for the tens
of thousands of Sikhs that were massacred in 1984.
The minute's silence was observed with utmost
dignity by the 250 or so that packed the room.
The report concludes by recommending the following
measures be taken by the international community:
A UN investigation should be set up to investigate
the persistent failure of successive Indian Governments
to ensure the prosecution of those alleged to
be responsible for to the killings and destruction.
That UN initiative should require the Indian authorities
to:
- Take action against those responsible including
proportionate criminal sanctions
- Ensure that the victims (or their families)
are adequately compensated and provided for
Appropriate sanctions (trade and diplomatic) should
be applied, both by the UN and by individual states,
in case of default by the Indian authorities in
relation to these UN requirements.
All Governments should ensure that those reportedly
responsible for these gross human rights violations
are denied entry to their respective States until
such time they have been subjected to the due
processes of investigation and criminal proceedings.
Failure to do this will encourage a sense of impunity
for the perpetrators. If any such persons are
found to have entered the territory of any State,
consideration should be given to prosecuting those
persons under applicable local and international
law.
Threats of violence and intimidation against those
championing the rights of the victims and their
families and seeking prosecution of the guilty
should be roundly condemned. The international
community must require India to secure the safety
of human rights defenders so that justice can
be done.
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