If your against the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana please take TWO MINUTES of your time out and send this email to news@sky.com:

[Prabhjot Singh]

If your against the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana please take TWO MINUTES of your time out and send this email to ne...@sky.com:

Dear Sky News,

I am writing to you in regards to news that has been blacked out by the media in India and is causing uproar amongst the Sikh nation, where protests and demonstrations are being held across the world by Sikhs. India is preparing to break its moratorium on the death penalty by hanging Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana on the 31st of March 2012 at 9am at Central Jail in Patiala, Punjab. However, just recently the Indian courts have announced that the hanging will not take place in Punjab, due to the increase of protests across the Punjab by Sikhs. This does not out rule the fact that India may still hang Rajoana on another day or in another state in India.

Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana is facing the death penalty of being hanged on the 31st of March 2012 for the assassination of the former Chief Minister, Beant Singh outside the Punjab secretariat in 1995. Balwant Singh was sentenced to life imprisonment. Life imprisonment in India is 14 years and Rajoana served 17 years in Patiala jail. Having served more than the actual life imprisonment set by the Indian government, Rajoana has now been awarded capital punishment of being hanged.

Although his death sentence was capable of appeal, Rajoana instead willingly expressed his desire to be put to death instead of showing faith in the widely acknowledged corrupt Indian justice system. Balwant Singh confessed his involvement in the assassination of Beant Singh, who was responsible for overseeing the mass genocide of Sikhs in the 1980s and early 1990s and ran operations that deliberately targeted civilians of Punjab. This lead to a period of fake ‘encounter’ killings, illegal detentions, mass rapes, illegal seizure of property and widespread intimidation of the Sikh population.

In recent years Amnesty International has welcomed the lack of executions in India, with the last one taking place in 2004, but expressed its concern that at least 50 death sentences are passed each year by the Indian courts.

By making this announcement, India is signalling to the world that when it comes to Sikh prisoners it is prepared to break the moratorium and reverse the trend to abolish the death penalty. The most recent announcement also comes on the back of the pre-mature release last month of Kishori Lal, who was awarded the death penalty in the murder of 3 Sikhs with a chopper knife on the 1 November 1984. Many in the Sikh community feel the Indian authorities are blatantly targeting Sikhs. Those responsible for the Sikh genocide in 1984, which saw up to 250,000 innocent Sikhs brutally murdered, burned and butchered alive, electrocuted, stripped naked and raped by mobs hired by the Indian government, have not been sentenced in the Indian courts or even given the capital punishment of being hanged. These criminals still roam the streets in India and have been let off scot-free!

I urge you, on behalf of the Australian Sikhs in australia to please highlight this atrocity in any of your news coverage’s so that the world is aware of the injustice doings of the Indian government. We also urge you to also send any of your news reporters to India to take footage of what is happening. Peaceful protests and demonstrations are being held throughout Punjab. The Indian government has set curfews across Punjab and have moved in the Border Force and army to stop Sikhs from protesting and holding demonstrations against the ongoing injustice that India is showing Sikhs.

Sikhs in the UK have appealed to the Foreign Secretary to bring this matter up with Amnesty International and the Houses of Common. Other international Sikhs across the globe have also appealed to the state governments regarding the Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana hanging.

We hope that Sky News will cover this story soon.

Kind Regards,
(Enter name here) 

[Neetusingh Suhag]

Hi what things you sikh want to prove in India I don't understand You are just thinking about sikhs not about the nation.please focus on others agenda's and stories as well not particular only one religion. Thanks --- On Wed, 28/3/12, Prabhjot Singh <prab...@hotmail.com> wrote:

-- Sikh Souls - Stand up for yourselves - Fix the man in the Mirror.

[Tanweer Singh]

Neetu,

I want to clarify that, so far only Sikhs have stood up for their own human rights in India.  There are other minorities in india too.. Bhuddists, Christians and Muslims among many, who have been oppressed.. Just google it if you want to find news articles but none of them have been able to raise as much awareness of the fact that minorities in India do not recieve the same justice and have different laws applied to them as opposed to the Majorities.  This is what we are trying to raise awareness of.  

Also the fact that the worlds so called largest democracy still tries to lay down the death penalty.  There are over 300 convicts on death row at this present time in India..  The death penalty is inhumane.  Especially in the case of a hanging, where it can take upto 30 minutes for the subject to completely die!!

[Prabhjot Singh]

Neetu,

The group that you are member of is called SIKHSOULS. Main focus of this groups has been anything that relates to sikhs in general. Case of bhai Rajaona has taken a massive shape not only in india but everywhere in world where SIKHS live. Staying in western society, one thing that we have learnt is to speak up for ourselves and stand up for our rights. This is something that does not exist in Indian society. 

So I think there is nothing wrong in fighting for our rights where ever we can and also no harm in supporting those who are standing up for themselves and taking it to lawmakers.

Moreover, Being SIKHS we should not keep quiet if we see injustice being served, not just with sikhs, but with others as well and anywhere in the world.

If you have any stories to share, where you think other communities are suffering, you are invited to share those stories with us and make us all aware of what is going on in the world. 

This is the whole purpose behind this group SIKHSOULS.

 

Thanks & Regards,

 

Prabh Singh (Jonti)

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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:22:53 +1100
Subject: Re: [Sikh Souls] If your against the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana please take TWO MINUTES of your time out and send this email to ne...@sky.com:
From: tanwee...@gmail.com
To: sikh...@googlegroups.com

[Neetusingh Suhag]

Hi Prabhjot, Thanks for clarification but I don't agree with your views because everyone have to right  to think differently.Which Rights you are talking about I don't understand and everyone who are surviving a live all are human being not only sikhs.I do believe in peace and harmony. I will pray to God for all human beings, God will give strength who suffering because of someone. What I found lots of sikh people are not following the rules and tradition of religion. I do believe in our country Hindustan.Please do not try to make a pieces of Hindustan.In always feel from my heart and soul about Hindustan, Hindustan Jindabad Thaa,Jindabad Hai Or Jindabad  Rahega. I do have one request to you, Please don't send me any email regarding this. I do not agree with in the  pieces of human beings. Jaihind

[Neetusingh Suhag]

Hi Prabhjot, Thanks for clarification but I don't agree with your views because everyone have to right

think differently.Which Rights you are talking about I don't understand and everyone who are surviving a live all are human being not only sikhs.I do believe in peace and harmony. I will pray to God for all human beings, God will give strength who are suffering because of someone. What I found lots of sikh people are not following the rules and tradition of religion. I do believe in our country Hindustan.Please do not try to make a pieces of Hindustan.I always feel from my heart and soul about Hindustan, Hindustan Jindabad Thaa,Jindabad Hai Or Jindabad  Rahega. I do have one request to you, Please don't send me any email regarding this. I do not agree with in the  pieces of human beings. Jaihind

--- On Thu, 29/3/12, Prabhjot Singh <prab...@hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Prabhjot Singh <prab...@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: [Sikh Souls] If your against the hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana please take TWO MINUTES of your time out and send this email to ne...@sky.com: To: "Sikh Souls" <sikh...@googlegroups.com>

Received: Thursday, 29 March, 2012, 9:45 AM

[Neetusingh Suhag]

--- On Thu, 29/3/12, Neetusingh Suhag <neetusi...@ymail.com> wrote:

[Prabhjot Singh]

Neetu,

Please read my e-mail again carefully. I have not mentioned anywhere about dividing Indian community. I have only mentioned building of a fair society where everyone is treated equally and fairly. Do not get Imotionally excited about India. I have equal love and respect for my country as you do. I only mentioned a google group called Sikhsouls which we both are members of. if you search google or even facebook every community has a group, and main focus of these groups is a particular part of community. sharing your thoughts in these groups does not mean dividing India.

Members of these groups come from all groups that exist within our punjabi community.

India is a great nation and am a proud Indian as well.

 

Thanks & Regards,

 

Prabh Singh (Jonti)

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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:37:48 -0700
From: neetusi...@ymail.com