London, UK—Sikh24.com has learnt from sources that NUS (National Union of Students) a UK body representing over 7 million students has officially given support to the Sikh struggle for justice in the 1984 genocide orchestrated by the Government of India.
National Union of Students (NUS) represents over 7 million students in the UK, NUS has passed a motion in its national executive council to support the campaign to recognise the 1984 Anti Sikh pogroms as a Genocide. Dom Anderson, Vice President, Society and Citizenship said that it was important for the United Nations to comprehensively investigate the mass killings and help prosecute those responsible.
In November 1984, following the assassination of Indira Gandhi, mobs led by minsters in government committed murder, loot, arson, and rape across India for over a week—however the worst effected area was the capitol of India, New Delhi.
Due to the large span of area the actual numbers of those dead is unknown, official figures of those who died are over 4,000, while 60,000 were rendered homeless in Delhi alone, these figures do not incorporate those “missing”.
“India is ablaze with hate and anger. In city after city from one corner of the country to the other enraged mobs have gone and are going about systematically burning and looting Sikh properties and assaulting Sikhs without discrimination.”
The Times of India
Recent reports from India’s own Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have shown that police refused to record evidence against government officials. In many cases they destroyed evidence or refused to launch investigations into killings.
Government controlled media portrayed the genocide as “Anti-Sikh Pogroms”. Yet no evidence has ever been presented where Sikhs attacked other Indians. The role of politicians, public transportation, public radio, and police in the killings of Sikhs was completely downplayed and in many cases removed from the dialogue all together.
