Rajvinder S. Bains, a human rights attorney in the Punjab & Haryana High Court for over 20 years, discusses his experiences with the High Court in cases filed on behalf of victims of disappearances or extrajudicial executions. (Oct. 2007)
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Navkiran Kaur Khalra: “We are proud of what our father did.”
Navkiran Kaur Khalra, daughter of murdered human rights defender Jaswant Singh Khalra, recounts her family’s struggle for justice and her father’s discovery of thousands of killings and secret cremations by the Punjab police to hide evidence of wrongdoing. (Oct. 2007)
Jaswant Singh Khalra: Last International Speech–The Struggle for Truth
In his last speech (download available here) made to a Canadian audience, Jaswant Singh Khalra discusses his investigations into the thousands of illegal killings and secret cremations by the Punjab police and his readiness to die to expose the truth about these crimes. Jaswant Singh Khalra begins his speech with a moving fable about the [...]
Jaswant Singh Khalra: Abduction by Tarn Taran Police
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
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
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.)