S. JASWANT SINGH
KHALRA VOICE OF THE DISAPPEARED; A FEARLESS
WARRIOR, DEFENDER OF
HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN DIGNITY.
After
the Cowardly attack of Indian Army on Darbar Sahib and 39 other Sikh Gurdwaras
in June 1984 the POGROM of Sikhs in Punjab and India began. The Army, Police
and para military forces started the Genocide of Sikhs everywhere.. Alice
Basarke joined WSO as an Executive Director. In 1993 Anne Lowthian replaced
Alice as Executive Director. Both these great Ladies served the Khalsa Panth
with great dedication. They collected distributed information from many
sources, and drafted letters to political figures worldwide. They prepared
briefs on behalf of WSO for presentation at various levels of government, and
represented WSO in the media, law enforcement agencies,refugee boards and
courts in North America.A brief biography of Miss Anne E.Lowthian is attached.
Attached
are also 3-4 letters to the editor written by individuals to give an idea of
the situation at that time. However, WSO files are full of collecting facts
about Human Rights violations happening in Punjab and India from contacts
there, from 1984 todate.The details of torture killings, disappearances and
crimes against Human Dignity were simply too numerous to count and describe.
Majority of crimes happened during Congress Party rule in India and Punjab.
However, RSS/BJP/Shiv Sena. and Janta Dal etc were part of these crimes against
Human Dignity.
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On
30 March, 1995 Justice Ajit Singh Bains of Punjab Human Rights Group, and
Sardar Jaswant Singh Khalra - The Chair person of Human Rights Wing of Shromani
Akali Dal, made their presentation to parliamentarian members of Canada's
Foreign Affairs and Human Rights Committee, in the afternoon, in room 209 in
the West Block. WSO tried to keep recodes of most of the HANSARD on
Parliamentary Proceeding in the House of Commons. However, we did not
particularly thought of keeping any records of various Parliamentary Committees
thinking that they shall be available in future if needed. They must have a
record of this committee meeting in their archives ?
On
5 June,1995 ( Evening) Sardar Jaswant Singh Khalra was one of the Guest Speaker
at WSO's Commemorative dinner in Room 200 of West Block. That night he stayed
with us at 61- Amberwood Drive, Ottawa. Next day after some meetings he
travelled to Toronto by road with Amanpreet Singh Bal and on Saturday JUNE
10,1995, he attended the WSO Commemorations of June 1984 and anniversary of
Ankheela Punjab Radio Program broad casted on behalf of world Sikh
Organization. He gave a public speech on Disappearances in Punjab at the
Ontario Khalsa Darbar Gurdwara at 7080-Dixie Road, Mississauga. Ontario.
On
6th September,1995, Sardar Jaswant Singh Khalra was abducted by Punjab Police
constables under the direct command of KPS Gill and Ajit Singh Sandhu. He was
transferred to various police stations and tortured brutally to make him agree
to withdraw his case on "Disappearances" During these three weeks Mr
KPS Gill also participated in interrogation and torture of Sardar Khalra. On
27th Sardar Jaswant Singh Khalra was shot dead by Ajit Sandhu, and his body was
later thrown in Bias river near "HARIKE".
As
soon as the news of Sardar Khalra's abduction reached WSO members, on Wednesday
afternoon of 6th September,1995, a concerted efforts by WSO were made to inform
all the political Leaders, UN, and Human Rights Organizations worldwide including
Indian Governments and its diplomatic missions. WSO contacted:
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All media (Print, Radio,TV etc) representatives in Canada, New York,
Washington,D.C. USA, and UK etc.
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US Congressmen and Senators.
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US Congressional Committees on Human Rights.
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All Canadian Members of Parliament, seeking their assistance/help for locating
and release of Sardar Jaswant Singh Khalra.
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Amnesty International and SOS Torture to issue "Urgent Actions" and
" Fear for Safty " Bulletins.
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Obtained MP's public Support. Some MPs who helped were Mr.David Kilgour,
Harbance Dhaliwal, Mrs Colleen Beaumier, Mr. Gubakhsh Malhi, Mr. Andre Oullett
and Canadian Foreign Affairs. They all write letters to Indian High Commission
in Ottawa.
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Frequent Press Releases were issued to obtain Public Support.
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Lobbied Canadian Foreign Affairs to obtain a public statement noting the
concern of Canadian Government for Sardar J.S. Khalra's Safety.
All
our concerted efforts failed because of The EVIL intentions, & EVIL deeds
if the Congress Lead,Indian Government in Delhi and EVIL Congress Chief
Minister Beant Sinh in Chandigarh, Punjab though their EVIL Police Chiefs like
KPS Gill,Sumedh Saini, Ajit Sandhu (Khabarr), Swaran Sinh Ghotna, and many,
many other Gundas in Police Uniforms. When Ajit Sandhu knew that he would
be exposed for his crimes, he would spill the beans and implicate KPS GIll in
these crimes. He got Ajit Sandhu Killed and look it like a suicide on rail
tracks with a fake suicide note, this assuring his own safety.
The
"Jarwanas" that were mentioned were Punjab Police under orders of its
chief K.P.S.Gill Butcher Of Punjab, the Indira Congress Chief Minister - Mr
Beant Singh, and Rajiv Gandhi PM of India and his Home Minister Rao. These
JARWANAS let loose the STATE TERRORISM on SIKHS IN PUNJAB and were responsible
for EVIL of Torture, Killings, Disappearances, and Crimes against HUMAN
DIGNITY.
All
the pleas of Sikhs to all the political Leaders of the free World, The United
Nations, and Akalies, SGPC, Jathedars etc did Nothing raise their voice against
this EVIL Terrorism by State Machinery. Twenty years has gone by and the
Criminals at the Justice System are still asleep not knowing that they will
have to answer for their Crimes against Human Dignity sooner or later.
Every
year in June, World Sikh Organization arranges special commemoration events at
the Parliament of Canada and across major Canadian cities. From 1996 to this
day every year WSO remembers The Supreme Sacrifice made by Shaheed Jaswant
Singh Khalra in his sweet memory. All the Shaheeds of Saka Akal Takhat Sahib
1984 are fondly remembered, and prayers are said at special events arranged in
their memory.Shaheed Jarnail Singh Khalsa & companions, Sardar Beant Singh,
Sardar Satwant Singh,Sardar Kehar Singh, Sardar Harjinder Singh Jinda, Sardar
Sukhdev Singh Sukha, Sardar Jaswant Singh (Sandhu) Khalra, Jathedar Gurdev
Singh Kanoke and thousands of other Shaheeds are the GLORY OF SIKH NATION who
stood steadfast against TYRANNY by governments of India and Punjab.
Jaswant
Singh Khalra - Last Speech
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