LONDON: As the Sikh community marks
the 22nd anniversary of the November 1984 planned massacre of Sikhs
in Delhi and elsewhere in India in the wake of assassination of
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the community across the
globe will bring alive the painful but poignant memories of those
innocents killed at the hands of politically instigated mobs. The
Indian state and the judiciary is still to act in any meaningful way
to even provide a semblance of justice to the community which has
been in the forefront of defending the country’s borders from
external forces. Worldwide, candle lit vigils calling for justice
for the November 1984 victims of anti-Sikh pogroms have been
planned. Most vigils are taking place on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd
November in different towns and cities.
Details of some of these are:
DERBYSikh Federation (Derby) and Young Sikhs (Derby) have organised
a candlelit vigil on Wednesday 1 November outside the Derby Assembly
rooms, Market Place, Derby between 4.30-7.00pm. BRISTOLSikh
Federation (Bristol), Young Sikhs (Bristol) and representatives of
the local Gurdwaras have organised a candlelit vigil on Friday 3
November in Bristol City Centre Promenade, opposite the Bristol
Hippodrome between 6.30-8.00pm. In the UK six regional candlelit
vigils are being planned in London, West Midlands (Birmingham and/or
Wo l ve r h a m p t o n ) , Derby, Leicester, Leeds and Bristol. The
vigils are being staggered over a three day period from 1-3
November.
The vigil in London is likely to take place on
Thursday 2 November. Further details are still awaited.The
Birmingham/ Wolverhampton and Leicester vigils are likely to be on
Wednesday 1 November 2006. The Leeds vigil is likely to be on
Friday 3 November 2006. Other candlelit vigils being organised
include - New York (outside the United Nations), Canada (various
locations), Delhi (outside the Parliament), Chandigarh (outsidethe
Panjab Assembly) and Brussels (outside the European Parliament).
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