Film on missing youth of Punjab calls for justice Tribune News Service New Delhi, April 26 A documentary on the alleged disappearances of thousands of youth from Punjab during the 1980s and 1990s was screened in Delhi here on Friday evening seeking to reignite the spark to seek justice for the victims. Satnam Singh Bains, […]
The Call of the Nation Sarah Ahmad | 25 APRIL, 2019 We absorb, we pray, we ache, we vote, we live Five Years, and I’ve had it, can’t bear another five, yet I live in the fear that it might be inevitable, and they will be back; but also, in the hope that this […]
‘Punjab Disappeared’ The world premiere of the documentary April 24, 2019 WhatsAppFacebookTwitterTelegramEmail Delhi Film Screening and Discussion – 26th of April 2019. 5:30 pm Jawahar Bhavan (opposite Shastri Bhavan) Dr Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi, Link to the trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rONhLvZXqII&t=34s About the Film: Punjab Disappeared is a documentary which uncovers the decade of enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings and mass […]
Former SHO gets life term in fake encounter case Tribune News Service Mohali, February 27 In a 16-year-old fake encounter case, the special CBI court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to former SHO of Ropar Sadar police station Harjinder Pal Singh. Two other accused, the then DSP Avtar Singh and ASI Bachan Dass, have been […]
Read the original article here. By LokMarg Publishing October 16, 2018 A couple of weeks back, four former Punjab Police personnel were handed life sentences by a CBI court for extra-judicial killing of a teenager and the enforced disappearance of a youth in 1992. It took the Indian justice system 26 years to be […]
Uncovering Extra-Judicial Killings in Punjab, and the Police Impunity That Followed A recently-released report by an advocacy group claims that over 8,000 extra-judicial executions and enforced disappearances took place in the state between 1980 and 1995. Rashme Sehgal 16/DEC/2017 Representative image. Credit: PTI The death toll from enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings and illegal cremations continues […]
Rights advocacy group to seek inquiry into ‘fake’ encounters Soibam Rocky Singh NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 11, 2017 02:19 IST Family members of some missing persons from Punjab at a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: V.V. Krishnan Claims to have details of “systematic killings by Punjab police, security services” There is […]
Read the original article here. By KN Web Desk on 03/12/2017 @ 2:12 AM The Punjab Documentation and Advocacy Project (PDAP) Saturday said it will approach the Supreme Court with “verifiable evidence” of over 8,000 extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances in Punjab during 1980-1995.The group, a part of The Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT), an outfit of […]