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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Tarlochan Singh: A Mockery of Justice
Tarlochan Singh describes his son Kulwinder Singh’s abduction by the Punjab police, and his 18-year continuing legal struggle for justice for Kulwinder Singh’s extrajudicial execution. (Oct. 2007)
Mohinder Singh: “What justice can we get from here?”
Mohinder Singh discusses the abduction and murder of his son by the Punjab police and his pursuit of numerous avenues of justice. (Oct. 2007)
Rajvinder S. Bains: “This procedure has failed completely.”
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)
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: 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.)
The Disappearance of Kulwinder Singh: Police Extortion
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
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.)