A moving tribute to the Kashmiri freedom struggle:
https://www.facebook.com/395476607140728/videos/1662810123740697/?h
Monthly Archives: November 2017
An important article on unmarked mass graves in Kashmir citing the work of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP):
The Rohingya genocide will not be on agenda of ASEAN summit
A Rohingya woman being rescued coming out of Naf river which borders Burma & Bangladesh:
The Rohingya genocide is not likely to be discussed at the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) meeting being hosted by Philippine president Duterte. If human rights were a concern of the organization, the summit would not be held under the auspices of Duterte while he is engaged in a death squad war against the poor & conducting war against Muslims. ASEAN in the past has supported the Burmese junta & all of the member countries have significant human rights issues to account for so the agenda will likely entail primarily military & economic concerns.
(Photo by Hannah McKay/Reuters)
Commemorating Sikh massacre of 1984 in India
Were it not for social media, most of us would know very little about each other & even less about persecutions & freedom struggles around the world. Detachment, insularity, alienation, & mostly prejudice would still prevail were social media not such a powerful tool for forging respect & bonds of solidarity against injustice. It’s certain that most of us in the US know nothing about Sikhs. But their humanitarian aid teams to Rohingya refugees through Khalsa Aid has made them admired by many. Twitter was filled today with commemorations & demands for justice for the anti-Sikh pogroms instigated by the Indian government in revenge for the assassination of Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984. Today marks 33 years since Sikhs were massacred all over India, including thousands killed, women raped, children beheaded.
In respect for Sikhs & to support their demand for justice, these are random articles garnered from Twitter so that we may inform ourselves about who they are, why they were slaughtered, & how we can stand with them in pursuing justice. Persecution, pogroms, genocides have long memories filled with griefs not solaced until justice is addressed.:
https://thewire.in/…/indias-justice-system-failed-victims-…/
http://www.thecitizen.in/…/NewsDet…/index/1/12121/1984-Today
https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/1984-anti-sikh-riots-victims-still-await-justice
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/29/british-government-cover-up-amritsar-massacre-golden-temple-sas-india#img-1
http://www.voiceonline.com/rattans-rumble-massacre/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-41828384
http://www.presstv.com/…/10/29/540…/UK-India-sikhs-massacare
Photo is Sikhs surrendering to the Indian army in 1984 in Amritsar.
(Photo from The India Today Group/India Today Group/Getty Images)
So sorry for the long delay in posting. The world was too much with me, especially the horrors of the Rohingya genocide.