THE MOST REMARKABLE OUTCOME OF THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH REVOLUTION WAS THE DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND THE CITIZEN. CENTURY AND A HALF LATER THESE RIGHTS WERE FORMALLY ADOPTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS KNOWN AS THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. SOCIETY HAS TO KEEP AN ETERNAL VIGIL AGAINST STATE ENCROACHMENT ON THESE PRECIOUS RIGHTS AND GUARD AGAINST DEVIANT BEHAVIOR OF GOVERNMENTS WHERE DISCRIMINATORY AND UNJUST POLICIES REPLACE ETHICAL AND JURIDICAL NORMS. RARELY DO GOVERNMENTS VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS OUT OF IGNORANCE OR AS WHIM; RATHER, THE VIOLATION OF RIGHTS IS OFTEN AN ACT OF DESPERATION, PERCEIVED AS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN POWER AND AUTHORITY. INDIA IS IN TURMOIL TODAY DUE TO THE SPIRALLING VIOLENCE AND VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES. THE MOST SERIOUS CRISIS IS SIMMERING IN PUNJAB WHERE EVENTS OF THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE ENGAGED THE ATTENTION OF THE WORLD. THIS STUDY FOCUSES ON THE STATE DYNAMICS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF A MINORITY COMMUNITY AND DRAWS ATTENTION TO SOME STARTLING FACTS
IQBAL SINGH, A FORMER ARMY AND FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER, IS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AS A DOCTORAL CANDIDATE. HIS PUBLISHED WORKS INCLUDE IINDIAN OCEAN. ZONE OF PEACE OR POWER PLAY: AND US DEFENSE POLICY AND POWER PROJECTION IN SOUTH WEST ASIA
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