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Sikhs raise right of self-determination at Geneva
WSN Network

Geneva: Sikh representatives from all across the world participated in the UN Human rights meet at the UN office in Geneva on March 15 and sought the right to self-determination for the Sikh people.  Ajit Singh Sahota, Manmohan Singh, Ranjit Singh Sra, Gurcharan Singh and Pritpal Singh Khalsa participated in the session which was also attended by   representatives from Kashmir and Assam and also Christians from Orissa. 

The session was chaired by Mr. Charles Graves of the UN Human Rights Council.  
The speakers highlighted violation of human rights of minorities, carnage of Sikhs in 1984 in Delhi and those of Muslims in 2002 in Gujarat.   The complicity of the state in masterminding such massacres was also elaborated with graphic details by Ranjit Singh Sra who led the dissertation.   

The Sikh representatives rued the fact that Sikhs and Jains were being treated as Hindus and though the customary laws of the majority community have been codified, the minorities are forced to adopt those laws, such as the Hindu Marriage Act, Hindu Succession Act, Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act.

19 March 2008
 

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