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CONFERENCE IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN BRUSSELS ON THE DEATH PENALTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN INDIA

13 June 2013

The Sikh Federation (UK) has confirmed it has arranged a conference on Tuesday 25 June 2013 in the European Parliament in Brussels on the Death Penalty and Human Rights abuses in India.

Bhai Amrik Singh, the Chair of the Sikh Federation (UK) said:

‘The conference is taking place in the Paul Henri Spaak Building in the European Parliament in Brussels. Politicians from across Europe have a crucial role to play in acting as a catalyst for change in the Indian judiciary's use of the death penalty and ensuring human rights are protected.’

‘The case of Professor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar is expected to feature prominently as well as the inability of the Indian judicial system to deliver justice for Sikhs highlighted by the failure to successfully indict Sajjan Kumar.’

‘Sikhs from around a dozen European countries, including the UK, Italy, Germany, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Ireland, Spain, Austria, Portugal, Greece and Switzerland were invited at the end of May to encourage their MEPs to participate in the conference and to attend themselves.’

Attendance at the three-hour conference from 12 noon to 3pm is by invitation only due to an overall capacity of around 130. The Sikh Federation (UK) has reminded Sikhs across Europe to email their MEPs and encourage them to take part in the conference and meet with Sikhs from their respective countries at the conference. MEPs that are members of the Indian delegation and human rights sub-committee have also been invited to the conference.

Anyone wishing to attend the conference is encouraged to email the Sikh Federation (UK) as soon as possible on sikhfederationuk@yahoo.co.uk. Further details are available by visiting the Sikh Federation (UK) Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SikhFederationUK

Gurjeet Singh

National Press Secretary

Sikh Federation (UK)

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ਸਿੱਖ ਫੈਡਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਯੂ. ਕੇ. ਵੱਲੋਂ ਭਾਰਤ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਮੌਤ ਦੀ ਸਜ਼ਾ ਖ਼ਤਮ ਕਰਵਾਉਣ ਸਬੰਧੀ ਕਾਨਫ਼ਰੰਸ 25 ਜੂਨ ਨੂੰ

ਲੰਡਨ, 15 ਜੂਨ (ਮਨਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਬੱਧਨੀ ਕਲਾਂ)-ਸਿੱਖ ਫੈਡਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਯੂ. ਕੇ. ਵੱਲੋਂ 25 ਜੂਨ ਨੁੰ ਯੂਰਪੀਅਨ ਪਾਰਲੀਮੈਂਟ ਵਿਚ ਭਾਰਤ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਫਾਂਸੀ ਦੀ ਸਜ਼ਾ ਖ਼ਤਮ ਕਰਵਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਇਕ ਕਾਨਫ਼ਰੰਸ ਕਰਵਾਈ ਜਾ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ, ਜਿਸ ਵਿਚ ਯੂਰਪੀਅਨ ਪਾਰਲੀਮੈਂਟ ਮੈਂਬਰਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਇਲਾਵਾ ਵੱਖ-ਵੱਖ ਮਨੁੱਖੀ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਸੰਗਠਨਾਂ ਦੇ ਨੁਮਾਇੰਦੇ ਅਤੇ ਯੂਰਪ ਭਰ ਦੀਆਂ ਸਿੱਖ ਜਥੇਬੰਦੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਆਗੂ ਸ਼ਾਮਿਲ ਹੋਣਗੇ | ਇਸ ਸਬੰਧੀ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਦਿੰਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਭਾਈ ਅਮਰੀਕ ਸਿੰਘ ਗਿੱਲ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਯੂਰਪੀਅਨ ਪਾਰਲੀਮੈਂਟ ਬਰਸਲਜ਼ ਦੀ ਪੌਲ ਹੈਨਰੀ ਸਪਾਕ ਬਿਲਡਿੰਗ ਵਿਖੇ ਹੋਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਇਹ ਕਾਨਫ਼ਰੰਸ ਬਾਅਦ ਦੁਪਹਿਰ 12 ਵਜੇ ਤੋਂ 3 ਵਜੇ ਤੱਕ ਚੱਲੇਗੀ | ਇਸ ਮੌਕੇ ਘੱਟ ਗਿਣਤੀ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਲਈ ਭਾਰਤ ਵਿਚ ਹੋਰ ਅਤੇ ਬਹੁ-ਗਿਣਤੀ ਭਾਈਚਾਰਿਆਂ ਲਈ ਹੋਰ ਕਾਨੂੰਨ ਹੈ, ਜਿਸ ਦੀ ਤਾਜ਼ਾ ਮਿਸਾਲ ਸੱਜਣ ਕੁਮਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਨਵੰਬਰ 1984 ਦੇ ਸਿੱਖ ਵਿਰੋਧੀ ਦੰਗਿਆਂ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਬਰੀ ਕਰਨਾ ਹੈ

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If you wish to attend the Conference on human rights abuses and the death penalty in India on Tuesday 25 June from 12 noon to 3pm in the European Parliament in Brussels, please send your name and contact details to the Sikh Federation (UK) on sikhfederationuk@yahoo.co.uk as soon as possible.

Also please note the change of room for the conference. All Amritdhari Sikhs will be allowed to wear their Kirpans in the European Parliament a right we established in our last lobby in the European Parliament in January 2013.
The Sikh Federation (UK) has had many confirmations from Sikhs from around a dozen EU countries. Sikh TV channels will be covering the conference where around 15-20 MEPs are expected to speak.

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SikhFederationUK

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Following the programme on Sangat TV last night about the European Parliament Conference in Brussels on Human Rights Abuses and the Death Penalty in India on Tuesday 25 June (12-3pm) many have requested the agenda for the conference. The agenda is as follows:

Introduction

Plenary Session 1

June 1984 Sikh genocide and mass human rights abuses in Punjab by Indian authorities
November 1984 massacre of innocent Sikhs

Plenary Session 2

Death Penalty in India (including Professor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar and Balwant Singh Rajoana)

Plenary Session 3

On-going human rights abuses of the Sikhs
True face of Indian democracy - Indian politicians facing criminal charges and failures in India’s judicial system

Plenary Session 4

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Self determination for the Sikhs
Identity discrimination and denial of human rights in different European countries

Conclusion and conference resolutions

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Resolutions passed by Sikhs from across Europe today at the Conference on Human Rights Abuses and the Death Penalty in India in the European Parliament

Resolution 1 – Recognising the 1984 Sikh Genocide

Having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the Geneva Convention (1949), and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) recognises the events of June 1984, the mass human rights violations against the Sikhs in Punjab by the Indian authorities and the massacre of innocent Sikhs in November 1984 collectively as the 1984 Sikh Genocide and reiterates its concern and dismay as we enter the 30th anniversary of these events that India has failed to prosecute police officers, politicians and others responsible for this genocide.

Resolution 2 – Abolish the death penalty in India

Having regard to the European Parliament's Human Rights annual resolutions condemns recent executions by India after an eight year hiatus that run counter to the regional and global trends to abolish capital punishment; recognises the UN Special Rapporteur on extra judicial, summary or arbitrary executions conclusion on India that the death penalty is being imposed for a growing number of crimes; calls upon the Indian Government to put forward an immediate moratorium on the death penalty; reconsider the May 2012 recommendations of United Nations Human Rights Council related to the abolition of the death penalty and calls on the 27 Member States of the European Union, in particular the two permanent members of the UN Security Council, to collectively raise the need for India to abolish the death penalty at the earliest opportunity at the United Nations General Assembly.

Resolution 3 – Release Professor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar

Having regard to the European Parliament's July 2011 Resolution on India and the death sentence on Professor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar, Article 2 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, EU Guidelines on the Death Penalty, the EU-India Dialogue on Human Rights, Amnesty International calls on 12 April 2013 for the Professor’s death sentence not to be carried out, to remove him from death row immediately and retry his case in proceedings that comply with international fair trial standards; observes the inconsistent approach by the Supreme Court of India who in the case of Mahendra Nath Das on 1 May 2013 granted clemency on the grounds of inordinate delay as his mercy petition against his execution was kept pending by the President, but two weeks earlier rejected a similar petition filed by Professor Bhullar who waited for eight years for a decision by the President; reiterates its concern that recent independent medical reports commissioned by the Indian authorities regarding the Professor’s mental and physical health suggest that on compassionate and moral grounds his death sentence should be commuted; further urges India to release the Professor without further delay given he has spent more than 18 years in prison following a controversial conviction where M B Shah, the Presiding Judge in the Supreme Court had acquitted the Professor based on the evidence presented; recognises this has become more pressing given the unprecedented move by the special public prosecutor, senior advocate Anoop G Chaudhari, who had appeared against the Professor in the Supreme Court in 2002 to state in April 2013 that a judicial error had been made in awarding the death sentence against the Professor and S S Virk, the former Director General of Punjab Police stating in May 2013 that the Professor was not guilty of what he was being accused of and he deserves justice as he and his family have been wronged.

Resolution 4 – Continued human rights violations in India and the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and India

Having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union is deeply concerned about the continued human rights violations in India against the minority Sikh community; calls on the Indian Government to prosecute police officers responsible for torture, disproportionate and excessive use of force, illegal detention and extra-judicial killings of Sikhs, calls on the international community to prosecute those in India responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity and calls on the European Commission to end the negotiations with the Government of India for the creation of the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and India.

Resolution 5 – Unquestionable right of Sikhs to self-determination and to have their own independent Sikh homeland

Having regard to Articles 1, 55 and 56 of the Charter of the United Nations and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966); objects to India’s continued reservation to the right to self-determination and applauds the objections raised by France, Germany and the Netherlands against India’s reservation to reiterate self-determination applies to all people; stresses India has also lost the right to argue the limitation of territorial integrity with regards to Sikhs as the Indian State when it enacted its first Constitution in 1950 it failed to deliver any safeguards or political rights for the Sikhs as a people or nation and has oppressed the Sikhs and other minorities through gross human rights violations; recognises the unquestionable right of Sikhs to self-determination and to have their own independent Sikh homeland; stresses that peaceful and non-violent means are the only way to achieve a just and lasting peace between Sikhs and the Indian State, calls for direct talks between the International Coalition for a Sikh Homeland and the Indian State; and calls on the Council, the Commission and EU Member States to support and deliver assistance to Sikh institutions and development projects with the aim of protecting and strengthening the Sikh population.

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