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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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NEW VIDEO: Survivors Speak Up

November 2, 2011 – 11:27 AM

Our powerful new advocacy video, produced by the New Media Advocacy Project, showcases survivors’ determination to learn the true fate of their loved ones, as well as the continuing emotional and financial impact these abuses have had on families. Kashmir Singh’s son, Harjit Singh, was just one of the thousands of people disappeared or unlawfully [...]

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The Dark Side of “India Shining”

December 28, 2010 – 7:45 PM

Chaman Lal’s story is emblematic of the consequences of “national security” operations and policies that turn a blind eye to abuses. Although the vast majority of India’s counterinsurgency victims in Punjab were Sikh, impunity empowered its security forces to target anyone, including poor Hindu families like Chaman Lal’s. Above, watch him describe how the Punjab [...]

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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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