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Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 12:52:23 -0500
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Sikhs Observe 25th Anniversary of Golden Temple Massacre
Sikhs Cannot Forgive, Forget This Brutal Attack
Sant Bhindranwale Said Attack "Will Lay Foundation of Khalistan"
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 6, 2009 – Sikhs from around the United States gathered in Washington, D.C. today to commemorate the twenty-fifth (25th) anniversary of the Indian government's brutal military attack on the Golden Temple, the center and seat of the Sikh religion, and 37 other Sikh Gurdwaras throughout Punjab, in June 1984, in which over 20,000 Sikhs were murdered. From June 3 through June 6, 1984, the Indian government carried out this attack, murdering Sikhs leaders Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and others.
During the Golden Temple attack, young boys ages 8 to 13 were taken outside and asked if they supported Khalistan, the independent Sikh country. When they answered with the Sikh religious phrase "Bole So Nihal," they were shot to death. The Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy scripture, written in the time of the Sikh Gurus, was shot full of bullet holes and burned by the Indian forces. They also removed historic writings of the gurus and other important documents, which
have not been returned to this day despite Sikh demands.
The Golden Temple attack was a brutal chapter in India's repression of the Sikhs, according to Dr. Gurmit Singh Aulakh, President of the Council of Khalistan, the government pro tempore of Khalistan, which leads the struggle for Khalistan's independence. "Sikhs cannot forgive or forget this atrocity against the seat of our religion by the Indian government, said Dr. Aulakh." "This brutal attack clarified that there is no place in India for Sikhs," he said. On October 7, 1987, the Sikh Nation declared its independence from India, naming its new country Khalistan.
"Sant Bhindranwale said that attacking the Golden Temple would lay the foundation stone of Khalistan, and he was right," said Dr. Aulakh. "Instead of crushing the Sikh movement for Khalistan, as India intended, the attack strengthened it," he said. "The drive to free Khalistan is alive and well in Punjab and we are closer to our objective than ever," he said.
A report issued by the Movement Against State Repression (MASR) shows that India admitted that it held 52,268 political prisoners under the "repressive Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act" (TADA) even though it expired in 1995. Many have been in illegal custody since 1984. There has been no list published of those who were acquitted under TADA and those who are still rotting in Indian jails. Additionally, according to Amnesty International, there are tens of thousands of other minorities being held as political prisoners. MASR report quotes the Punjab Civil Magistracy as writing "if we add up the figures of the last few years the number of innocent persons killed would run into lakhs [hundreds of thousands.]" The Indian government has murdered over 250,000 Sikhs since 1984, more than 300,000 Christians in Nagaland, over 90,000 Muslims in Kashmir, tens of thousands of Christians and Muslims throughout the country, and tens of thousands of Tamils, Assamese, Manipuris, , and others. The Indian Supreme Court called the Indian government's murders of Sikhs "worse than a genocide."
The Indian government has been sponsoring sectarian division in Punjab, Khalistan to set Sikhs against each other. Baba Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh dressed as Guru Gobind Singh and advertised that he would do Amrit for anyone who asked. This is reserved only for the Panj Piaras. Two leading Sikh activists were arrested for peacefully protesting the construction of a statue to honor Beant Singh, the late Chief Minister who presided over the murder of tens of thousands of
Sikhs. Now sedition charges have been filed against 19 of these activists, including Dal Khalsa President Harcharanjit Singh Dhami. Yet Dal Khalsa and other organizations had events to mark Declaration Day on April 29, the anniversary of the 1986 resolution supporting an independent Khalistan.
In the introduction to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's book, The Mighty and the Almighty, former U.S. President Bill Clinton writes that "Hindu militants" are responsible for the massacre of Sikhs at Chithisinghpora in March 2000. This reflects previous findings by the Punjab Human Rights Organization, the International Human Rights Organization, MASR, and New York Times reporter Barry Bearak. President Clinton writes, "During my visit to India in 2000,
some Hindu militants decided to vent their outrage by murdering 38 Sikhs in cold blood. If I hadn't made the trip, the victims would probably still be alive."
"Only in a free Khalistan will the Sikh Nation prosper and get justice," said Dr. Aulakh. "When Khalistan is free, we will have our own Ambassadors, our own representation in the UN and other international bodies, and our own leaders to keep this sort of thing from happening. We won't be at the mercy of the brutal Indian regime," he said. "Democracies don't commit genocide. India should act like a democracy and allow a plebiscite on independence for Khalistan and all the nations of South Asia," Dr. Aulakh said. "As Professor Darshan Singh, a former Jathedar of the Akal Takht, said, "If a Sikh is not a Khalistani, he is not a Sikh'," Dr. Aulakh noted. "We must continue to pray for and work for our God-given birthright of freedom," he said. "Without political power, religions cannot flourish
and nations perish."
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