Category: India
Op/Ed – Sajjan Kumar Verdict a Part of the Ongoing Victimization of 1984 Survivors: WSO
:dateline:The World Sikh Organization of Canada expresses its disappointment with the not-guilty verdict pronounced by a Delhi court in the case of Sajjan Kumar, a senior Congress leader and former MP who...
Shoe Hurled at Judge in 1984 Sajjan Kumar Case
:dateline:After the Karkardooma court acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom case, All India Sikhs Students Federation President Karnail Singh Peer Mohammad hurled a shoe at the judge inside the...
Sajjan Kumar acquitted in one of three 1984 anti-Sikh Genocide cases
:dateline:A special CBI court has acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar of all charges in one of three 1984 anti-Sikh genocide case against him. He was accused of murder and instigating mobs that...
Op/Ed – Sarabjeet’s Case Reiterates Why India Must Respect Its Political Prisoners
:dateline:Indian High Commission has officially requested the Pakistan Government to release Sarabjeet Singh on “humanitarian grounds” and allow him to be treated in India. The appeal comes after the Jinnah hospital in...
Sant Seechewal Requests Manmohan Singh’s Attention Towards Dirty Waters of Punjab
:dateline:Famous environmentalist Sant Balbeer Singh Seechewal met the Prime Minister expressing his concern over the increasing contamination of the historic Kali Bein river. The river runs in Sultanpur Lodhi and is considered historical...
United Nations Requested to Intervene in Prof. Bhullar Case
:dateline:A Swiss NGO and a US-based Sikh group have sought UN intervention to "save" Devenderpal Singh Bhullar, whose petition seeking commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment was rejected by the...
Supreme Court of India Lifts Ban on Sadda Haq Movie
:dateline:The Supreme Court today cleared the release of Punjabi movie Sadda Haq on the recommendation of a 5 member committee after watching the film. The special committee comprised of Chief Justice Altamas...
Prof. Bhullar Case: WSO Receives Update from German Ambassador
:dateline:After sending an urgent appeal to the Canadian, German and Indian governments last week, WSO has received a reply from German Ambassador Werner Wnendt in which he has stated, "n April 12,...
