“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.

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Community Organizing & Education

We educate & organize for survivors’ rights.

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Documentation

We expose abuses & build evidence for accountability.

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Legal Advocacy

We pursue precedent-setting litigation to hold perpetrators accountable.

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UN Advocacy

We alert the United Nations to critical human rights issues.

Reports

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January 2009
A Preliminary Quantitative Analysis
Ensaaf and the Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group
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October 2007
A Policy of Impunity in Punjab, India
Ensaaf and Human Rights Watch
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March 2007 (2nd edition)
The November 1984 Pogroms of Sikhs in India
Ensaaf

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News

April 16, 2012

What happens when a 21-year-old musician begins composing folk ballads critical of the Indian government?

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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.

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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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