The present situation in Punjab is worse than South Africa. Innocent people are being killed in fake police encounters. Punjabis totally cutoff from the rest of the world for over two years now. I cannot visit my brothers and sisters in Punjab because I am a U.S.S. citizen and specially a SIKH. In South Africa news media is fee to travel and cover all the events and happenings there, Indian government has banned all foreign and local newspapers from covering Punjab events. Western countries get reports from Indian news agencies like UPI and PTI, one news agency is owned by the Indian government and in the other news agency is 51% shares are owned by the Indian government. In reality both the news agency, Radio and Television are all owned by the Indian government. Indian government is taking a big advantage of this media control and fooling its own citizens and the western world news media. Will this countries free press fall a prey to Indian government and allow Indian government to exterminate SIKH minority and paint the minority as “Extremists” or “Terrorists”. Half of India’s population sleeps with- out a full meal a day. Indian government staking money away from these poor starving people and spending it on propaganda against the SIKH minority.
I would like to ask the free press of this country, what type of diplomacy or politics is this? Does this country stand for self-interest alone or also to protect human rights all over the world? What is the responsibility of free press regarding events happening in PUNJAB (India)? Indian government: does not allow any human right com- mission to visit Punjab. Indian government says that it is their internal matter. Actually Indian government does not want that other countries should know that GENOCIDE was going on in India against the SIKH minority.
Sincerely,
Charan Singh Kalsi
Article extracted from this publication >> August 8, 1986
