VIOLENCE AGAINST CHRISTIANS IN INDIA CONTINUES.    
 (Part  2)
131 VIOLENT ATTACKS REPORTED IN 2012
According to Sardar Simranjit Singh Mann, a former Member of Parliament, the Indian government has murdered over a million Sikhs since 1982.  Sardar Inderjit Singh Jaijee, author of The Politics of Genocide, and Bibi Baljit Kaur of the Movement Against State Repression (MASR) told Dr. Aulakh that if it were not for the efforts of the Council of Khalistan, that number might be ten times as high.  India has also killed more over 100,000 Muslims in Kashmir since 1988 (as well as at least 2,000 to 5,000 in Gujarat), and tens of thousands of Tamils, Assamese, Manipuris, Dalits, Bodos, and others.  The Indian Supreme Court called the Indian government's murders of Sikhs "worse than a genocide."  The police have abducted more than 50,000 young Sikhs, tortured and murdered them, then their bodies were declared unidentified and cremated.
   According to a report by the Movement Against State Repression (MASR), 52,268 Sikhs and tens of thousands of other minorities are being held as political prisoners in India without charge or trial.  Some have been in illegal custody since 1984!  Tens of thousands of other minorities are also being held as political prisoners, according to Amnesty International.
   Dalits (the dark-skinned “Untouchables”) still cannot get out of the repression of India's caste system, which is still in force even though it was banned by the Constitution 63 years ago.  A Dalit constable entered a Hindu temple on a rainy day and was stoned to death. A Dalit girl was blinded by her teacher for drinking from the community water pitcher.  To this day, a high-caste Brahmin cannot tolerate the shadow of a Dalit, but Brahmins feel free to have sex with young Dalit girls without getting “contaminated.”
   “We condemn these attacks on Christians,” said Dr. Gurmit Singh Aulakh, President of the Council of Khalistan.  Just as the Indian regime has oppressed Sikhs, it has oppressed Christians and other religious minorities,” Dr. Aulakh.  “India must respect the freedom of all, including the right to self-determination.  We must have a free Khalistan and the Christians must enjoy the glow of freedom as well,” Dr. Aulakh noted. “Freedom is the birthright of all.”
by
Parmjit Singh Sekhon