EDM 662 - 20th Anniversary Of November 1984 Attack On Sikhs

This Early Day Motion concerning the genocide of Sikhs in November 1984 against tens of thousands of innocent Sikhs. The Early Day Motions (EDM) reproduced below are currently tabled in the British Parliament and expose the injustices against Sikhs over the last 20 years. This motion condemn the Indian authorities and call on action from the UK Government and the international community against the Indian authorities. The EDM is followed by a list of the UK MPs that have signed the:

That this House notes with sadness the 20th anniversary of the November 1984 pogrom against thousands of innocent Sikhs in a matter of days in cities across India; further notes that Sikhs became the target of organised violence with murderous gangs swarming into Sikh houses, hacking the occupants to pieces, chopping off the heads of children, raping women, tying Sikh men to tyres set aflame with kerosene and pulling Sikh passengers from public transport to be lynched or burned alive; recognises that Amnesty International in a memorandum to the Government of India, complained that far from being spontaneous expressions of popular grief and anger as made out by the authorities, the killings were the outcome of a well organised plan marked by acts of both deliberate commission and omission by important politicians of the Congress and by authorities in the administration; believes that investigation and criminal proceedings are long overdue; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to take the lead in the international community to establish an independent UN inquiry into the failure of successive governments in India to take sufficient actions against those responsible for the events of November 1984.

Primary Sponsor - Rob Marris (Labour Party) Constituency: Wolverhampton South West.
24th February 2004