Aug
11
Canadian agency grant for KPS Gill
August 11, 2005 | Leave a Comment
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), a federal body, has granted an $85,000 grant to the Institute of Conflict Management headed by KPS Gill, the controversial former Punjab Director General of Police who organized systematic human rights abuses in Punjab. The Institute of Conflict Management is a New Delhi-based think tank founded by KPS Gill, [...]
Aug
11
Police Train Water Cannons on Protestors; Indian Minister Resigns
August 11, 2005 | 1 Comment
As survivors of the 1984 Sikh massacres continued to protest against the Nanavati Commission report and the government’s Action Taken Report, the police attacked protestors in ways reminiscent of police attacks on civil rights activists in the US in the 1950s and 1960s. Associated Press Photographer Saurabh Das captured several pictures of Sikhs struggling under [...]