Canadian Sikh Community Hosts Conference On November 1984 Sikh Genocide

- India's Independence Day Marked By Examining Its Past -

TORONTO, Aug. 13 /CNW/ - In collaboration with the human rights advocacy group Sikhs for Justice, the Canadian Sikh community is hosting a conference welcoming thought leaders and families impacted by the November 1984 Sikh Genocide to document and discuss the mass killing of Sikhs.

    
    WHEN:        August 15, 2010
                 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.

    WHERE:       Crown Banquet Hall
                 6835 Professional Court
                 Mississauga, ON

    WHY:         More than 3,000 Sikhs were killed in November 1984 following
                 the assignation of Indira Gandhi, but some estimate that the
                 organized genocide that followed actually led to the killing
                 of more than 30,000 Sikhs. To date, the Indian government
                 has failed to bring anyone to justice for the crimes despite
                 evidence implicating members of the Indian National
                 Congress.

    Supported By:

    Sikhs for Justice                      Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Sikh
    Ontario Sikh and Gurudwara Council      Society, Abbotsford BC
    Ontario Gurudwaras Committee           Gurudwara Nanak Darbar Society,
    Dashmesh Culture Center, Calgary AB     Prince George BC
    United Front of Sikhs                  Gurudwara Singh Sabha of Victoria,
    Guru Jot Prakash Sahib, Brampton        Victoria BC
    Guru Nanak Darbar, Lasalle             Sri Guru Singh Sabha Canada,
    Guru Nanak Darbar, Parc Extension       Malton ON
    Gurudwara Sahib, Quebec                Gurudwara Sikh Sangat,
    Sikh Society of Calgary, Calgary AB     Brampton, ON
    Gurudwara Sahib Greater Montreal       Guru Nanak Sikh Society of
     of D.D.O.                              Alberta, Edmonton AB
    Gurudwara Sahib Dashmesh Darbar,       Gurudwara Guru Amardas Darbar,
     Surrey BC                              Kelowna BC
                                           Sikh Spiritual Center, Rexdale ON
                                           Guru Nanak Sikh Center,
                                            Brampton, ON
                                           Siri Guru Singh Sabha, Weston ON
    

For further information: Andrew Findlater, SELECT Public Relations, [email protected], T: 416-452-4873; Gurpatwant S. Pannun, Sikhs for Justice, Legal Advisor, [email protected], T: 647-969-2025