Ms Laura Dolci-Kanaan NGO Liaison Officer OHCHR Civil Society Unit Dear Madam, The following is being submitted for your attention and discussion at the forthcoming meeting of the PCR mechanism, with regard to the ‘Genocide of the Sikhs, Muslims, Muslims of the Internationally Disputed Areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Assamese, Dalits, Christians and other non-Brahmin and non-Hindu minorities’ by the alleged Indian democracy, since 15th August, 1947. I shall look forward to your action and consideration. Best wishes. Sincerely, Awatar Singh Sekhon, Ph D, FIBA, RM (CCM) Acting Editor in Chief International Journal of Sikh Affairs ISSN 1481-5435 E-mail:
[email protected] & Director, Human Rights Wing Council of Khalistan
[email protected] Washington DC, USA Copy to: Dr Gurmit Singh Aulakh, President, Council of Khalistan
[email protected] Sardar Inderjit Singh Jaijee, Convener, MASR, CHANDIGARH, PUNJAB ***** International Journal of Sikh Affairs 17(2), 28-29 , 2007© DR AWATAR SINGH SEKHON’S BRIEFING AT THE 6th HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND Sponsor: Interfaith International Co-sponsor: International Federation for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic, Religious, Linguistic and other Minorities Moderator: Dr Charles Graves, Secretary General, Interfaith International Date: 19th September, 2007 Time: 13:00 – 15:00 Hrs Room 2070 Palais des Nations Speakers: Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon (Canada), Advocate Khalil Tahir (absent, Pakistan), Mr Mohammed Anwar (absent, MQM UK), Visuvalingham Kirubaharan (France, Tamils), Sri Kampa Borgoyari (Assam, Sonapur) ROOT CAUSES OF THE SIKHS' PROBLEM WITH INDIA: BRIEFING ON SOUTH ASIA In the afternoon session of 2 hours, Dr Sekhon spoke on the problems of South Asia, with special reference to the human rights violations in Punjab (under the occupation of the Brahmins autocracy/Zamhooriat/Zulamhooriat alias the alleged Indian democracy).