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DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON - WEDNESDAY, JAN 26TH - INDIA'S REPUBLIC DAY
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| | From: | HiTMaN 9497 | | Subject: | DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON - WEDNESDAY, JAN 26TH - INDIA'S REPUBLIC DAY | | Date: | 21 Jan 2005 20:18:33 GMT |
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 | Demonstration on India's Republic Day
India's Republic Day celebrates the day in 1950 when India adopted its
Constitution. But what India calls "Republic Day"' is Genocide Day for
minorities and nations of South Asia.
See "postcard" below for further information.
Date: Wednesday 26 January 2005
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Outside the High Commission of India, India House, Aldwych, London,
WC2B 4NA
Getting to the Indian High Commission:
Car/mini-bus
The Sikh Federation (UK) and local Gurdwaras are arranging transport from many
towns and cities e.g. Birmingham, Bristol, Coventry, Derby, East Ham,
Gravesend, Leicester, Nottingham, Southampton, Walsall, Willenhall,
Wolverhampton etc. Those in and around London - Hounslow, Slough, Southall etc.
will mainly be travelling by public transport.
By underground
Nearby stations include
Holborn (Piccadilly and Central Lines)
Covent Garden (Piccadilly Line)
Charing Cross (Northern and Jubilee Lines)
Temple (Circle and District Lines)
By Bus
Some of the buses stopping close to the High Commission include 9, 11, 15, 23,
68, 77, 168.
Please make an effort to attend. Volunteers to distribute "postcards" to those
in and around the Indian High Commission should email
sikhfederationuk@yahoo.co.uk
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| | From: | HiTMaN 9497 | | Subject: | Re: DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON - WEDNESDAY, JAN 26TH - INDIA'S REPUBLIC DAY | | Date: | 22 Jan 2005 16:22:09 GMT |
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| Flyer for the protest:
INDIA'S DISGRACEFUL RECORD SINCE GAINING INDEPENDENCE IN 1947
Every year Sikh representatives from across the UK take part in a symbolic
protest outside the Indian High Commission in London on India's Republic and
Independence Days on 26 January and 15 August respectively. The aim is to
highlight our demand for Sikh Independence and the atrocities committed against
the Sikhs since 1947.
Partition in 1947 resulted in 40% of all Sikhs becoming refugees and an
estimated 500,000 lost their lives. The Sikh homeland - Panjab: the land of the
five rivers - changed from a settled and prosperous area to a violent and
overcrowded frontier zone.
Promises made to Sikhs prior to independence were quickly forgotten resulting
in Sikh representatives refusing to sign the Indian Constitution. Since 1947
the Indian authorities have systematically discriminated against the Sikhs and
suppressed all demands for greater autonomy.
In June 1984 the Indian army attacked the Golden Temple Complex and massacred
tens of thousands of innocent Sikh pilgrims in cold blood, many with their
hands and feet bound, including women and children. This laid the foundation
stone for the establishment of an independent sovereign Sikh State - KHALISTAN.
In November 1984 over 20,000 innocent Sikhs were massacred in Delhi and cities
throughout India by well-orchestrated mobs under the direct supervision of
senior Indian politicians and officials. Successive governments in India have
failed to take any actions against those responsible for the anti-Sikh pogroms
of November 1984.
For the last 25-30 years all calls for freedom and independence have been
suppressed by the Indian authorities, who have unleashed a rein of terror
through the gross violation of human rights. The murder and disappearances of
over 250,000 Sikhs since 1984 and the illegal detention and torture of Sikhs
are well documented by independent human rights organisations. Virtually none
of those responsible for human rights violations - including torture, deaths in
custody, extra-judicial executions and "disappearances" of Sikhs have been
brought to justice. An atmosphere has been created where Indian government
officials believe that they can violate people’s fundamental rights with
total impunity.
Why does the Indian Government continue to deny full access to Panjab to the
international community i.e. the UN Rapporteur on Torture and international
human rights groups, such as Amnesty International?
Why does India fail to recognise the International Criminal Court, which
represents a major advance in international justice and the fight against
impunity for perpetrators of international crimes?
Why was India recently the only country not to vote in favour of the UN General
Assembly resolution on the protection of human rights while countering
terrorism?
Why has India defied the international community and ended the long-standing
moratorium on the death penalty?
The experiment of Indian independence has failed. Long term stability in the
world will only be possible when the nuclear threat is eliminated from the
Indian sub-continent and India accepts its international obligations.
An independent sovereign Sikh State
Khalistan is the only solution
Khalistan would provide the much needed stability that is required and the
international community would be strengthened by the hard working, honest and
resourceful Sikh Nation.
SIKH FEDERATION (UK)
www.sikhfederation.com
info@sikhfederation.com
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