April 16, 2012
What happens when a 21-year-old musician begins composing folk ballads critical of the Indian government?
“The impunity gap in India is nowhere more evident than in Punjab.”
– Ensaaf & Human Rights Watch
A Mission to End Impunity
Ensaaf is a nonprofit organization working to end impunity and achieve justice for mass state crimes in India, with a focus on Punjab.
Reports
January 2009
A Preliminary Quantitative Analysis
News
February 3, 2012
I’m writing you today because we need your help. Ensaaf has an incredible opportunity to receive $182,500. But to receive this crucial contribution, we must raise a matching amount by February 28. We’re almost there; we only have $45,000 left until we reach our goal.
January 11, 2012
In November 2011, Ensaaf partnered with international human rights organization REDRESS, to make a joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review on mass cremations, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings carried out in Punjab, India during the 1980s and 1990s.
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Every donation goes directly to documenting abuses, litigating human rights cases, and organizing survivors to end impunity and achieve justice.
Notable Achievements
- Five Officers Convicted. Ensaaf provided key litigation support in the conviction of 5 officers for Jaswant Singh Khalra's abduction and murder.
- International Experts Engaged. Ensaaf partnered with the Nobel-prize winning organization Physicians for Human Rights on a torture and trauma study.
- Recognized as a Ground-breaking Organization. Ensaaf Co-Founders received the Echoing Green fellowship award in 2006.