June 15, 2007
6:30 pmto8:30 pm

phoolka.jpg040 Northrup Building, Trinity University, San Antonio - Presentation 20-minute video covers the events of 1984 and beyond. - Lecture Harvinder Singh Phoolka is the Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India. Mr. Phoolka has been fighting for the victims of November 1984 for more then two decades. He will speak about trials and challenges with the legal system in India while struggling to fight for justice. He will also address where the hopes lie for the victims and survivors. - Q&A Open forum to converse with the guest speaker”Many people complained that, in some cases, the police were not merely hanging back, but giving active support.” - The Times of London, 5 November 1984 “… those killed during November 1984 genocide all over India would be around 20,000.” - Politics of Genocide, 1999 “… gangs led by the leaders began to swarm into Sikh houses … chopping off the heads of children, raping women, tying Sikh men to tires set aflame with kerosene…” - Reduced to Ashes, 2003 Twenty three years ago, following the assassination of the Indian Prime Minister, anti-Sikh pogroms took the lives of more than 5,000 Sikhs in Delhi alone. Tens of thousands of Sikh homes and businesses were burnt down while the state-run radio called for more Sikh blood. The pogroms were well planned genocidal attacks on the Sikh community, an easily identified minority in India. Many of the perpetrators have been identified as politicians of the highest levels in the Indian government. These individuals are free, and many hold elected office and positions in the cabinet. The Indian government has made no attempt to bring them to justice. And all this occurred in what is proclaimed to be the largest democracy in the world. As we have seen with the Darfur genocide, intervention is difficult even if genocide is acknowledged. It is almost impossible to make any progress when the state itself is behind such acts, denial is a policy and atrocities are widespread and systematic. The Sikh community has been struggling to fight for the justice and rights of survivors. 6:30 - 8:30 pm | Friday - 15 June 2007 | 040 Northrup Building, Trinity University, San Antonio Presentation 20-minute video covers the events of 1984 and beyond. Lecture Harvinder Singh Phoolka is the Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India. Mr. Phoolka has been fighting for the victims of November 1984 for more then two decades. He will speak about trials and challenges with the legal system in India while struggling to fight for justice. He will also address where the hopes lie for the victims and survivors. Q&A Open forum to converse with the guest speaker. The event is open to the public; all are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact: Jotroop Kaur, Special Events 512.300.7777 | jotroop.kaur@sikhri.org Continue Reading…