LONDON, UK—LIBERATION, a UK based and UN affiliated Human Rights Group held its Annual General Meeting on Saturday, 30th June in London. All the three motions, concerning the Sikhs, were put forward by Iqbal Singh of the “Punjabi Human Rights Internet” in association with Kesri Lehar.
The first, strongly condemning the Union of Indian States government for stalling the due process of justice for the victims of the 1984 Sikh Genocide and massacre in India, and the second raising the deep concerns over the manipulation of the judiciary to stop the democratic process of the election of members and officials to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (S.G.P.C. Management committee for Punjabi Sikh institutions constituted by the 1925 Colonial Act). And, the centre government’s interference in the management of Punjabi Sikh institutions.
The third motion proposed to communicate immediately to the British Parliament, Home office, and British Foreign & Commonwealth Office to ban the visit, during the London Olympics 2012, of the former Congress MP Jagdish Tytler—the prime accused of in the 1984 Sikh Genocide and former DGP of Punjab KP Gill, due to his gross violations of Human Rights.
It was agreed upon, in complete accord, to escalate the concerns with the British government and with the United Nations Human Rights Council. At the meeting, Liberation further agreed to support and join the Kesri Lehar delegation, when a petition of 100,000 plus signatures is to be presented to the UK Parliament.
At the beginning of this year, Kesri Lehar launched the most persuasive campaign to urging the British Parliament to hold a debate on ongoing and disturbing atrocities that are being committed in the Republic of India that infringe the basic human rights of minority communities. They are also working to bring an end to the death penalty in India and to press for the release of Balwant Singh Rajoana who has already served 17 years in prison.
