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Disappeared But Not Forgotten

May 1, 2013 – 10:00 AM

Despite everything being well, nothing is well The mother whose son is not alive The brother whose sister is dying The wife whose husband, despite being alive, is not alive – Gunjiv ‘Baagi’ Singh The First Annual Ensaaf 5K Walk was a reminder of the need to achieve justice for those disappeared by Indian security [...]

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Listen & Remember: Operation Bluestar

June 4, 2012 – 1:57 PM

What happened during Operation Bluestar and how did it affect the people of Punjab? Click here and listen to how an army offensive against the Harmandir Sahib launched a decade of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions perpetrated by Indian security forces in the state of Punjab. Help us remember. Please share this podcast on Twitter and Facebook.

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Listen & Remember: Major Singh, Musician

April 15, 2012 – 7:49 AM

What happens when a 21-year-old musician begins composing folk ballads critical of the Indian government? Click here and listen to the story of Major Singh, a young Amritsar villager who chose to speak the truth, even while living through brutal government repression in Punjab, India from 1984 to 1995 (page 554). Join us in remembering [...]

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Paramjit Kaur Khalra: “Something needs to be done about the slaughter that took place in Punjab.”

November 4, 2011 – 4:11 PM

In our new video, Paramjit Kaur Khalra describes the need for a truth commission to redress the thousands of disappearances and killings in Punjab, India perpetrated during the counterinsurgency of 1984 to 1995. In September and October 1995, Indian security forces illegally detained, tortured, and killed her husband, human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, for [...]

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Our Voices Matter

December 14, 2010 – 1:12 PM

When Tarlok Singh and Balbir Kaur celebrated the birth of their son Surjit Singh, they could never have imagined he would live such a short life. Yet, in the midst of the violence that plagued Punjab during the “Decade of Disappearances,” Punjab Police killed Surjit Singh, like thousands of others, in a fake encounter. He [...]

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Thank You Video Tribute & Special Appeal

November 19, 2009 – 10:10 AM

This summer, Ensaaf interviewed over 1,000 individuals – including hundreds of survivors – to capture stories of disappearances, unlawful killings, and torture in Amritsar during the Punjab counterinsurgency. This ambitious achievement, which represents the largest deployment of human rights investigators in Punjab in over a decade, was only realized due to the financial support we [...]

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The Extrajudicial Killing of Kulwant Singh: “The boy was begging with folded hands.”

November 12, 2008 – 4:09 AM

This video includes testimony about how the Punjab police detained and beat an unarmed Sikh youth, pulled his hair and chased him as he begged for his life, and then shot him at point blank range on July 8, 1990 in Mohali, Punjab. Eyewitnesses describe how the police staged the body, placed a gun in [...]

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Tarlochan Singh: A Mockery of Justice

October 26, 2008 – 3:54 AM

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)

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Mohinder Singh: “What justice can we get from here?”

October 26, 2008 – 3:51 AM

Mohinder Singh discusses the abduction and murder of his son by the Punjab police and his pursuit of numerous avenues of justice. (Oct. 2007)

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Rajvinder S. Bains: “This procedure has failed completely.”

October 26, 2008 – 3:45 AM

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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