RALEIGH, .NC: Persecution and violation of human rights of the: Sikhs in India continued   unabated. Amnesty International, New York Times, London ‘Observer, Globe and mail India Express and several other well-known institutions have Ore out wings in India.

Amnesty International “reports that security forces killed more than 70’Sikh in fake encounters between May 12Aup.22 last year in the Amritsar District. That 50 Sikhs we similar encounters in the Faridkot district of Punjab between May 12July: 29   The New York Times, “There certainly has been too great a pattern of ‘encounter killings! Over the years for it to be dismissed as the odd, isolated case.”

Indian Express report: iqbal Singh, a young man arrested in 1984.  was brutally months until released in 1986 as a result seats action by some sympathizers, Justice cs. Tiwana torture,” Iqbal Size was again abducted by the Indian intelligence Agencies in an: “unnumbered Court. Iqbal Singh informed the press that “of those held in illeal eustody   the or two young men every day.” The New York Times: India seem to interfere in the affairs of the Sikhs even in USA wherein fake threatening letters were sent by US Prosecuting Officer in New Jersey. both to the hearing Judge Ronald Hedges and herself (Judy Russell) probably, on instruction rom Indian G Judy Russell had visited India to investigate the extradiction ease of Senior Indian government officials.

Article extracted from this publication >>  October 8, 1993