In an SBS Dateline program on Punjab, Geoff Parish challenges former police chief KPS Gill about the secret cremations documented to have occurred when he was police chief of Punjab. The secret cremations have been confirmed in the Punjab mass cremations case proceeding before India’s National Human Rights Commission. (Apr. 2002, Uploaded with permission from [...]
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The Five-Minute Post Mortem
October 26, 2008 – 3:23 AM
Excerpted from Ram Narayan Kumar’s video Disappearances in Punjab, the Chief Medical Officer of a hospital in Amritsar district describes how the post mortem process for victims of extrajudicial executions or custodial deaths was reduced to five minutes. He further discusses how the police brought an individual for a post mortem who was alive, took [...]
Jaswant Singh Khalra: Abduction by Tarn Taran Police
October 26, 2008 – 3:19 AM
An SBS Dateline program on Punjab recounts how the Punjab police abducted human rights defender Jaswant Singh Khalra for his discovery of thousands of illegal killings and secret cremations by the Punjab police. (Apr. 2002, Uploaded with permission from SBS.)
Jaswant Singh Khalra: Investigations into Illegal Cremations
October 26, 2008 – 3:11 AM
An SBS Dateline program on Punjab describes human rights defender Jaswant Singh Khalra’s discovery of the Punjab police’s use of secret cremations to hide evidence of extrajudicial executions. The clip includes an interview with human rights activist Ram Narayan Kumar. (Apr. 2002, Uploaded with permission from SBS.)
Mrs. Khalra Reflects on her Fight for Justice
October 26, 2008 – 3:02 AM
In an SBS Dateline program on Punjab that aired in April 2002, Mrs. Khalra tells Geoff Parish about the hurdles she faces in her husband’s murder trial against Punjab policemen. (Apr. 2002, Uploaded with permission from SBS.)
The Disappearance of Kulwinder Singh: Abduction by Police
October 24, 2008 – 2:38 AM
In the first of four clips from an SBS Dateline program on Punjab, Geoff Parish recounts how Kulwinder Singh was abducted by the Punjab police and brought to the family home for a search. The clip includes an interview with human rights activist Ram Narayan Kumar. (Apr. 2002, Uploaded with permission from SBS.)
The Disappearance of Kulwinder Singh: Police Extortion
October 24, 2008 – 2:17 AM
In the second of four clips from an SBS Dateline program on Punjab, Geoff Parish describes the family’s search for justice for the disappearance of Kulwinder Singh. After the family filed a petition in the High Court, the police offered them a bribe to drop the case. The family refused the bribe. (Apr. 2002, Uploaded [...]
The Disappearance of Kulwinder Singh: Impact on Father
October 24, 2008 – 2:12 AM
In the third of four clips from an SBS Dateline program on Punjab, Geoff Parish recounts how Kulwinder Singh’s father committed suicide after failing in his pursuit for justice for the disappearance of his son. (Apr. 2002, Uploaded with permission from SBS.)
The Disappearance of Kulwinder Singh: Interview with his Wife
October 24, 2008 – 2:07 AM
In the last of four clips from an SBS Dateline program on Punjab, Kulwinder Singh’s wife talks about her feelings for her husband, disappeared by the Punjab police in December 1991. (Apr. 2002, Uploaded with permission from SBS.)
Introduction to Gurcharan Singh and other Victim Families
October 24, 2008 – 1:37 AM
In an SBS Dateline program on Punjab, Geoff Parish focuses on a meeting called by human rights activists to gather evidence from survivors of the disappeared and killed. The clip includes interviews with Chaman Lal and Gurcharan Singh, whose sons were killed by the police. The police are threatening to kill Lal because of his [...]