Tel: 905-670-1522, Fax: 416-661-7273 Vol.8 , No. 1089 Thursday, July 28, 2011 12 savan , Nanaksahi Calendar 543 www.SikhPress.ca T: 905-670-1522 - [email protected]Better Access For Skilled Newcomers McGuinty Government Demands Same Deal As Other Provinces Ontario is stepping up efforts to help in- ternationally trained newcomers, such as doctors, practice in their profession sooner. Newcomers will now have more opportunity to practise in their field and put their skills to work for Ontario's econ- omy. To improve fair access to the labour market and professions, Ontario's Fairness Commissioner will work with govern- ment, professional regulatory bodies and other partners to:Review any proposed regulations prior to approval to help max- imize opportunities for internationally trained medical professionals.Review entry-to-practice requirements, including mandatory Canadian experience, to elim- inate unnecessary barriers while protect- ing quality in health care and other sectors.The province is expanding com- munity-based programs for International Medical Graduates, helping them proceed into their careers sooner to earn a living and help increase healthcare access for Ontarians.Ontario is also calling on the federal government to give the province more power to help newcomers contribute to our growing economy. Quebec, Mani- toba and British Columbia are given more resources and more powers to help new- comers settle, train and succeed in their regions. Ontario wants the same deal to help new Canadians integrate, find jobs or go on to start their own business. Since 2003, Ontario has invested in more than 220 bridge training programs in over 100 different professions and trades to help over 42,000 newcomers find jobs consis- tent with their education and experience.Ontario welcomes more immi- grants than any other province - more than all Western, Atlantic provinces and all ter- ritories combined.The Conference Board of Canada estimates that not using the skills of immigrants costs Canada be- tween $3.4 and $5 billion a year.Ottawa has withheld $207 million owed to On- tario newcomers under the first Canada Ontario Immigration Agreement which expired March 31, 2011.ln December 2010, Ottawa unilaterally cut settlement funding to 35 Ontario community agen- cies by $44 million.
Better Access For Skilled NewcomersMcGuinty Government Demands Same Deal As Other Provinces
Ontario is stepping up efforts to help in-ternationally trained newcomers, such asdoctors, practice in their professionsooner. Newcomers will now have moreopportunity to practise in their field andput their skills to work for Ontario's econ-omy. To improve fair access to the labourmarket and professions, Ontario's FairnessCommissioner will work with govern-ment, professional regulatory bodies andother partners to:Review any proposedregulations prior to approval to help max-imize opportunities for internationally
trained medical professionals.Reviewentry-to-practice requirements, includingmandatory Canadian experience, to elim-inate unnecessary barriers while protect-ing quality in health care and othersectors.The province is expanding com-munity-based programs for InternationalMedical Graduates, helping them proceedinto their careers sooner to earn a livingand help increase healthcare access forOntarians.Ontario is also calling on thefederal government to give the provincemore power to help newcomers contribute
to our growing economy. Quebec, Mani-toba and British Columbia are given moreresources and more powers to help new-comers settle, train and succeed in theirregions. Ontario wants the same deal tohelp new Canadians integrate, find jobs orgo on to start their own business. Since2003, Ontario has invested in more than220 bridge training programs in over 100different professions and trades to helpover 42,000 newcomers find jobs consis-tent with their education andexperience.Ontario welcomes more immi-
grants than any other province - more thanall Western, Atlantic provinces and all ter-ritories combined.The Conference Boardof Canada estimates that not using theskills of immigrants costs Canada be-tween $3.4 and $5 billion a year.Ottawahas withheld $207 million owed to On-tario newcomers under the first CanadaOntario Immigration Agreement whichexpired March 31, 2011.ln December2010, Ottawa unilaterally cut settlementfunding to 35 Ontario community agen-cies by $44 million.
Courageous Journalism02 July 28, 2011
Indian Army and Police Terrorism
WOMEN: COURAGE IN THE FACE
OF HUMILIATION AND DEATH
"My world is lying in shambles all
around me." J. P. had written while lan-
guishing in the loneliness of his prison.
We understood the truth of these moving
words when we met the women in the
Punjab villages. J. P.'s word was the
whole of India which he had loved and
lived for, a woman's world is her home,
her husband, her children, her land, her
cattle and the golden corn. It is a small
world which she loves and lives for, and
that world today is laying in shambles all
around her. Lonely, overworked, ha-
rassed daily by the Army and the police,
dishonored, beaten up for not being able
to produce the men who have been miss-
ing - they came to meet us out in the open
regardless of the fear of the police,
woman after woman told us what they
have been facing since the army action.
Fifty-year-old Swaran Kaur, wife of the
ex-MLA Harbans Singh Ghuman of
Ghumankala village has her house raided
45 times by the army, BSF and the po-
lice; every time they come they destroy
everything furniture, beads, they mix up
different types of cereals with rice; they
have taken away her tractor and driven
away her servants. They come anytime,
enter her bedroom, pull out sleeping chil-
dren, clutch her at her throat, make her
stand in the sun for hours - a high blood
pressure patient not withstanding - till
she faints. Of her four sons, two are in
the Jodhpur Jail, one of them the
youngest, a student, had gone to the
Golden Temple on the 3rd to keep a vow
in connection with some college test, the
other had gone there to spend a night till
the shops reopened and he could buy
something (farmer implements, tools) for
his farm. The 3rd son was pounced upon
and literally lifted up and taken to CIA
staff, Batala from the bus stand where,
coming from the doctor, who was treat-
ing his child for polio, he was waiting
with his wife and the sick child. He has
undergone inhuman torture. Swaran
Kaur's 4th son who we interviewed has
been living away from home because of
police harassment. This is not telling you
about the boys - it is about their suffering
mother. Why are the young men - hun-
dreds of them - find citizens of India not
being allowed to live in peace and con-
tribute to the progress of Punjab - is a
very relevant question we should all try
to answer. They are neither terrorist, nor
extremist - but terrible torture inside the
jail and the fear of torture if they are
caught increasing their indignation which
will justify violent action.
Gurdip Kaur who had come out
of the police clutches only tow days ear-
lier has not met her husband Manohar
Singh a young agriculturist of village
Harchowal since October '84, this is what
she told us; "My husband is an Amritd-
hari, so the police and the Army have
troubled him a lot. Terrorized by the po-
lice, he might have run away. I do not
know where, or he may have been killed
by the police or by the Army. I have no
information about him. The police are
troubling me. For the first time on 26
November 84 the ASI of P.S. Sri Har-
govindpur pulled me out of my house
and pushed me into his van. They kept
slapping my face and punched with their
fist, they took me to the police station.
They abused me in the filthiest language
which I fell ashamed to repeat. There
was no woman police there and the po-
liceman started interrogating me them-
selves. I was detained at P.S. Sri
Hargovindpur for five days, from No-
vember 26 to December 1, 1984 and then
at the Ghuman Police Chowki from 1st
December to 6th December. I was let off
only after giving Rs. 1800 to SHO
Amar Singh.
"Since then, I am taken to the po-
lice station and kept there for 10 days
every month. In all I have been detained
seven times. Only yesterday on May 3,
I was kept in the P.S. for 12 hours and
dishonored. When I was detained in po-
lice custody in November - December
1984, they destroyed the little crop that
we had grown. The Bhayas I had em-
ployed were beaten and driven away!"
Gurdip Kaur's relatives who came to help
her were rounded up; her old father, sis-
ter-in-law and her husband, her brother,
and ever her brother's old mother-in-law
were all dragged to the thana, and tor-
tured. It was only after they could collect
Rs. 3000 and give it to Amar Singh,
SHO, of Sri Hargovindpur, they were
released.
"Even now the women fold
among my relatives are often taken to the
police station and slapped, pushed
around and abused. The SHO himself
does the interrogation. There are no
women police. It is extremely fanfold
for us that the policemen themselves
should question us. The police lawless-
ness that prevails here must be brought
under check."
Gurcharam Kaur (40) of village
Damodar, Vice President of Istri Akali
Dal Distric Committee (Fatehgarh
Churian) said, "I have not been able to
till my 5 acre farm as I have been ha-
rassed by the minion of Santokh Singh
Randhawa, till the other day Punjab-
Congress I President. As soon as the
land is ploughed and seed sown, these
gangsters come and destroy everything.
We have complained to the police and
even bribed them but to no avail. During
the Army action, I was arrested on the
grounds that I had failed in my duty to
inform the authorities about the huge
catch of sophisticated arms and ammuni-
tions stored in the complex, because I
was a frequent visitor to the Guru
Nanak Niwas."
There was young Satwant Kaur, wife of
Ranjit Singh again from Harchowal vil-
lage, and agriculturist. She said, "My
husband and I are both Amritdharis; my
husband was arrested and tortured, he
must have been killed which may be why
I have not seen him since his arrest. I
myself was arrested on November 26 by
the SHO of Sri Hargovindpur, badly
beaten up and abused and kept for five
days in the thana and then sent to Ghu-
man Chowk, where the SHO himself
conducted the enquiries. I was released
since I was innocent and nothing was
found against me. The SHO takes me to
the thana every month and detains me
there for five - ten days and I am dishon-
ored. Only God knows what they do to
me there. My tractor was taken away
and kept at the police station from June
84 till December 84; my brothers had to
pay Rs. 4000 to Amar Singh, the SHO of
Sri Hargovindpur to get my tractor
released.
The only request of this poor
woman is that "the dishonor to which I
am constantly subject to must be forth-
with stopped and the SHO Amar Singh
transferred."
The list is endless - so is misery
and so is fortitude and magnificent pride
- excepting once or twice when the mem-
ory hurts beyond human endurance -
there were no tears! Tears will fall only
in the enveloping solitude where none
can see. These are the women of Punjab.
ATROCITIES ON CHILDREN
A 12-year-old boy, Kalu, son of
Harbans Singh of Village Agwan (P.S.
Dera Baba Nanak) had been taken away
at night to the dredged Interrogation Cen-
tre at Amritsar four days earlier. 'None
knew what had happened to him,' his
uncle Darshan Singh told us. In Kala
Nangal, two boys had become mental
wrecks after having been in Military
custody. (Cont.. to page no 6))
Sikh Press Special
The following excerpt are taken from “Oppression in Punjab: Report to the Nation” published in 1986 by a team
investigating the situation of Punjab and its people. The report shows how innocent Sikhs including women and chil-
dren were oppressed, tortured, dishonored and killed in the name of “national unity”.
July 28, 2011 03 Courageous Journalism
SIKH GROUPS SUBMITTED MEMORANDUMTO U.N. FOR RELEASE OF PROF. BHULLAR
New York: (Gurinderjit Singh Peerjain)-
Thousands of Sikhs and members of
other communities attended a justice
rally in front of United Nation Headquar-
ters in New York City to demand the
U.N. intervention to stop India from ex-
ecuting Professor Devenderpal S.
Bhullar. Professor Bhullar is son of a
U.S. citizen, Ms. Opkar Kaur. In 1991,
Ms. Kaur’s husband Balwant Singh (Pro-
fessor Bhullar’s father) was tortured to
death by the Indian Police. Organizers of
the rally launched a Petition Signing
Campaign in which a million signatures
will be collected from around world on a
petition urging UN intervention. A mem-
orandum was submitted to the UN Sec-
retary General demanding UN
intervention pursuant to Resolution 62-
149 of 2008 calling for abolition and
moratorium on the use of death penalty.
The resolution calls upon all states that
maintain the death penalty to completely
abolish it reminding that the use of the
death penalty undermines human dignity
and any miscarriage or failure of justice
in the implementation of the death
penalty is irreversible and irreparable.
According to attorney Gurpatwant S.
Pannun legal advisor to Sikhs for Justice
Professor Bhullar has been convicted on
the sole basis of a confessional statement
obtained from him through torture. It is a
matter of record that India is not a signa-
tory to UN Convention Against Torture
and India practices torture on detainees.
Use of torture is a violation of the Uni-
versal Declaration of Human Rights
which guarantees due process of law and
protection of life to all human beings.
Bhullar has been punished by Indian gov-
ernment for being vocal supporter of
Sikhs’ demand to “self determination”.
Bhullar’s case proves that when it comes
to rights of religious minorities be they
Sikhs, Muslims or Christians, India’s
democracy, rule of law and judiciary all
collaborate with the power to suppress
the minorities, added attorney Pannun.
Equating Bhullar's case with the cases of
Mumia Abu Jamal and Troy Davis,
Lawrence Hayes, former death row in-
mate, Co-Founder of the Campaign to
End the Death Penalty and member of
Hands Off Cain (HOC), stated that “India
is using its legal and judicial system as
means of legitimizing the elimination of
any form of opposition. That is to say
anyone or anything that poses a threat to
the system is labeled terrorist and their
rights are ignored or compromised”. Jef-
frey Deskovic, founder of The Jeffrey
Deskovic Foundation for Justice which
also addressed the rally. Jeffrey Deskovic
was a victim of coerced confession and
spent more than sixteen years behind bars
before being exonerated based on DNA
testing. Highlighting the parallels in his
own case and that of Professor Bhullar,
Mr. Deskovic stated that “The similarities
in my case and Professor Bhullar’s case
are revealing. My conviction was based
upon a “coerced confession” while
Bhullar was tortured to sign blank papers
that used to fabricate his confession.
There was no independent evidence
against me and so is the case with Profes-
sor Bhullar. I spent sixteen years behind
bars as an innocent man and so is Profes-
sor Bhullar who is detained for past six-
teen years.” Urging the UN to ask the
Indian Government for commutation of
Bhullar’s sentence and release from cus-
tody, Mr. Deskovic stated that “the world
will be watching to see whether the UN
does the right thing and intervenes, or
whether it will look the other way thus
rendering themselves as guilty as the
government of India, just as the entire
court system declined to intervene on my
behalf despite compelling reasons to
do so.
Addressing the rally, Tejinerpal
Singh Bhullar brother of Professor
Bhullar stated that my brother is an inno-
cent man. He was falsely implicated in
criminal cases because he was very vocal
in organizing rallies to condemn extra ju-
dicial killing of Sikhs in Punjab. Tejin-
derpal also stated that “first my father
Balwant Singh Bhullar was killed “extra
judicially” in India by police and now my
brother Professor Bhullar is being mur-
dered through “judicial process”. There
is no difference in my father and my
(Cont.. to page no 7)
MEMORANDUMTo: His Excellency Bon Ki-moon
Secretary General
United Nations
From: Sikh Cultural Society, Richmond Hill, NY; Sikhs for Justice (SFJ); Sikh
Gurudawaras
(Temples) across North America and other organizations.
Sub: Intervene and save Professor Devenderpal Singh Bhullar from “judicial
murder” in India.
Re: Enforce UN Resolution 62/149 “Moratorium on the use of Death Penalty”
Date: July 25, 2011
United Nations is called upon to intervene and save Professor Devenderpal
Singh Bhullar from “judicial murder in India” pursuant UN General Assembly
Resolution 62/149 of 2008. Resolution 62/149 adopted in the 76th plenary meet-
ing of Sixty Second Session of the General Assembly calls upon all states that
maintain the death penalty to completely abolish it reminding that the use of the
death penalty undermines human dignity and any miscarriage or failure of justice
in the implementation of the death penalty is irreversible and irreparable. Reso-
lution 62/149 was reaffirmed by resolution 63/168 in Sixty Third Session of the
UN General Assembly.
In January 1995, Devenderpal Singh Bhullar, a former instructor of Guru
Nanak Engineering Polytechnic College Ludhiana, Punjab, India was deported
by German authorities and was taken into custody by Indian Police. During the
custody, Professor Bhullar was tortured and was forced to sign on “blank sheets
of papers” which were later used to engineer a “confessional statement”. During
the trial, Professor Bhullar denied having signed the “confessional statement” and
testified how he was forced to sign on the blank papers. Despite Bhullar’s denial,
retraction and highly improbable and questionable authenticity of the “confes-
sional statement”, he was sentenced to death solely on the basis of this “statement”
and without any independent corroborating evidence or witness. Professor Bhullar
was convicted under the notorious TADA (Terrorist and Disruptive Activities
(Prevention) Act of India, a law that has been condemned as disturbing and com-
pletely unacceptable by Honorable Nigel Rodely, UN Rapporteur on Torture
(1993-2001). Professor Bhullar’s death sentence was upheld by a split decision
of the Supreme Court of India.
Bhullar’s conviction endorses extracting of confessions through torture
and his continuous detention for the past sixteen (16) years violates the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and shocks human dignity.
Professor Bhullar’s case warrants immediate intervention by the UN be-
cause India is determined to execute him.. Therefore, UN is urged to act pursuant
to Resolution 62/149 by asking the Government of India to:
Provide the United Nations with information relating to the circumstances
of Professor Bhullar’s detention, trial and conviction.
• Commute the death sentence of Professor Bhullar as per UN Resolution
62/149. Sign and rectify UN Convention Against Torture.
Gurpatwant S Pannun Coordinating Committee
Legal Advisor, Sikhs For Justice Sikh Cultural Society of New York
Professor Bhullar!Why every Sikh should spend every day to help himProfessor Bhullar is son of a U.S.
citizen, Ms. Opkar Kaur. In 1991, Ms.
Kaur’s husband Balwant Singh (Profes-
sor Bhullar’s father) was tortured to
death by the Indian Police. Professor
Bhullar’s brother, Tejinderpal Singh
Bhullar , who is also a U.S. citizen, will
address the rally.
Professor Bhullar was taken into
custody in January 1995 by Indian
authorities and was tortured and forced
to sign blank sheets of papers which
were later used to engineer his “confes-
sional statement” which forms the sole
basis of his conviction. Professor
Bhullar was sentenced to death, by a
split decision of the Supreme Court of
India, solely on the basis of this fabri-
cated “confession” and without any
independent corroborating evidence or
witnesses. He was tried and convicted
under the notorious TADA -Terrorist and
Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act –
of India, a law that has been condemned
as completely unacceptable by Sir Nigel
Rodely, UN Rapporteur on Torture.
Bhullar’s conviction endorses extracting
confessions via torture; his 16-year de-
tention and planned execution violates
the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and UN Resolution 62-149 of
2008 calling for a moratorium and abo-
lition of the death penalty. Sikhs for Jus-
tice is submitting the memorandum to
the U.N. Secretary General asking for its
prompt intervention.
Time is always of the urgency.
You have little time for leisure, for your
kids, your family, to become famous, to
keep the roof over your head. When has
any of this time ever, ever in the
evolution of our religion been applied in
Gurubani or in our religious history
fighting persecution? Do we wonder if
people looked good a hundred years ago
or if their children went onto have
successful careers. Our religion is on the
edge of a sword. The edge of the sword
is this- We cannot sleep one day without
knowing we have fought against perse-
cution and helped victims. Not one day.
Professor Bhullar is not a news
article. He is the one major issue of a
miscarriage of justice within so called
democracy. Within so called democracy
everywhere.
Every sikh has to petition their
members of parliament, their council-
lors, and then fax/email their own prime
minister/president every single day. And
Email/fax the Indian president and her
entourage every single day.
If you think there are elaborate
groups, plentiful resourced sitting out
there to fight against torture or anything
else please don’t wait until you are the
wrong person at the wrong time stuck in
these terrible bureacratic systems that
crush people.
Our Gurus fought against the
systems crushing people at their time. If
millions of Sikhs were literally email-
ing/faxing/blackberrying which no
doubt they would for their own personal
leisure, business etc. for the Prof.
Bhullar we would have public pressure
growing.
Professor Bhullar could be exe-
cuted ANY TIME and still no one would
lose any sleep. Please be a Sikh and help
this person every day.
by Martin SinghThis week’s article was supposed to be part 2 of the Time
for Reflection article. To be sure, I plan to share that ar-
ticle with you in the future, but the revelation of dropping
crime statistics by Statistics Canada and the plan of the
Harper government to spend huge amounts of tax dollars
on their crime fighting program despite all evidence from
many jurisdictions that the government’s program will
not reduce crime and may, in fact, increase crime has
compelled me to write this article that I share with
you today.
The facts of this story have been well hashed out in the mainstream media.
In Canada, we are fortunate to be experiencing a relatively continuous drop in the
rate of crime to the point where we now have the lowest crime rate in Canada since
1973. For me, this is a very significant achievement given that I do not consider my-
self particularly young and we have, as a nation, managed to reduce the rate of crime
down to a level not seen since before I was born. Given this significant achievement,
one might expect that the government of the day would be looking to build on this
success and implement programs that further reduce crime and decrease the prison
population. Interestingly, the Harper government is planning to do the
exact opposite.
As I am a member of the NDP, you are probably not shocked to hear that I
am speaking against the planned use of billions of dollars to build prisons and pay
for the other expenses associated with the housing of what will be many more new
prisoners. Despite that, I cannot help but point out the missed opportunity that this
waste of billions of dollars represents. To begin, I should state that the Harper gov-
ernment is completely within its rights and mandate to spend this money on prisons.
During the recent federal election, the Harper government ran on the plan to signif-
icantly increase spending on prisons and prisoners and Canadians elected them to a
majority government. So, while the Harper government has been given full permis-
sion to spend the money on prisons and prisoners, the question is whether or not they
should be spending this money in this area or are there other areas where this money
could be better spent.
The Harper government’s approach to crime is to put more people in prison
and to imprison them for longer. They assert that this approach will reduce crime
and make Canada a safer place to live. There would be some value in following this
path of social experimentation if it had not already been performed and the results
not already known. This imprisonment-based approach has been in existence in the
United States for decades. The Americans’ experience with this approach has been
so far short of the goal of reducing crime that even in their hard-line, dogmatic, right
wing political environment, this imprisonment-based method is being discarded. Even
in those states where the political class would like to continue the path of imprisoning
more and more people and itis still politically acceptable to do so, governments are
finding themselves being bankrupted in the process as a result of the costs associated
with this approach.
While the move away from this imprisonment-based approach has been oc-
curring incrementally over the past decade in the United States, the most recent dra-
matic example of the failure of this method came this past May. On May 23, 2011,
the Supreme Court of the State of California ordered the state government to release
46,000 inmates over the next two years. Yes, you read that correctly. People that the
courts had previously determined should be jailed were going to be released en masse
back into society because the imprisonment-based approach implemented by politi-
cians had created so many criminals that the prisons were overfull and the state no
longer had the funds to either build more prisons or to pay for the other costs associ-
ated with housing prisoners.
In the title of this article, I wrote that the government’s decision to follow an
increased imprisonment approach is an opportunity lost. The lost opportunity is two-
fold. The first opportunity lost is that the government could continue to decide that
fighting crime is their priority and therefore place the billions of dollars into programs
targeted towards rehabilitation instead of imprisonment. For those who dismiss this
approach, consider the situation in the State of California mentioned above. In one
of the prisons in the state, 54 prisoners had to use one single toilet. There will be
those who would say that the prisoners deserve this kind of rough treatment to punish
them for the crimes that they have committed. The difficulty with this line of rea-
soning, or lack of reasoning, is that these same prisoners who had to share their toilet
with 53 others and the unsanitary conditions that come with that situation will one
day be released back into society. Which prisoner will be more likely to reoffend
and be a threat to society, the prisoner who had the opportunity to participate in a re-
habilitation program (of the type that the government plans to cut despite the infusion
of cash into the penal system) or the prisoner that has to live in inhumane conditions
where the prisoners essentially learn to become better criminals?
The second opportunity lost is the opportunity not to spend the billions of
dollars on criminals at all, but to implement programs that will further reduce crime
over the long term while benefitting Canadians now. Clearly, the current criminal
justice system is achieving some level of success given that crime rates are dropping.
The billions of dollars could be better spent ensuring that Canada’s children have
sufficient food to eat so that they are not going to school hungry. Another part of the
money could be spent improving services for the mentally ill. Again another part of
the money could be used for services to youth at risk. Each of the three mentioned
ideas require long-term thinking as the benefits of these programs on crime rate will
not begin to have an affect for approximately 10 years, but at least they are proven
to work.
Martin Singh is a pharmacist and businessman who resides with his wife andthree children in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia. In the federal NDP, Martinis the President of the Faith and Social Justice Commission. Follow Martin’s new blog on politics and other issues when it begins at the end ofJuly at www.martinsingh.ca.
Spending billions for an imprisonment-based crime program, an opportunity lost
No “News of the World”by R.C. Rajamani
YOUNG reporters are often told at the
beginning of their career that “dog bites
man” is no news but “man bites dog”
is.In an interesting parallel of sorts, the
170-year-old popular British tabloid
“News of the World” made news in-
stead of carrying one earlier this month.
It closed down amidst a hacking
scandal involving its former editor
Andy Coulson, its former Royal corre-
spondent Clive Goodman and a few
other senior editors. British Minister
David Cameron who had appointed
Coulson his communications adviser,
was made to face relentless questioning
by the opposition in Parliament over his
“indiscretion”. So was NOWT boss Ru-
pert Murdoch by a parliamentary com-
mittee. TV viewers around the world
saw Murdoch being grilled and
Cameron questioned on media ethics
and government accountability.
Parallels are being drawn be-
tween the scandal and other infamous
ones, including Watergate that led to
Republican Richard Nixon becoming
the first US President to resign from of-
fice in 1974 for the bugging of the of-
fices of the Democratic Party before the
1972 elections which he won.
Interestingly, John Dean, ad-
viser to Nixon during Watergate days,
sees the parallel telling. According to
him, Watergate was provoked by
Nixon’s ruthless and shameless manner
of doing business. News Corp. is now
mired in a political and business scandal
because of the brutal and coldblooded
way its boss has conducted business.
Both may not have been directly in-
volved in the scandals but the two cre-
ated norms and standards within their
respective organisations where such
conduct was not only considered ac-
ceptable, but actually encouraged, says
Dean. It may be tempting to see a par-
allel in India too in the Niira Radia tapes
that exposed the media-corporate-
politician link. Yet, none apologised in
this case.
But there was a time when the
editor-owner-politician team worked for
the nation’s cause.
One instance that springs to
mind is the trio of Arthur Christiansen,
Lord Beaverbrook and Winston
Churchill during World War II years of
1939-45 in Britain. Christiansen was the
editor of Daily Express and Beaver-
brook its owner. In his celebrated book
“Headlines All My Life”, Christiansen
describes how the three would discuss
the projection of the progress of the war
in the newspaper every morning. No
wonder, Daily Express carried many ex-
clusives those years and proudly printed
Churchill’s inspiring speeches in the
House of Commons.
No doubt, in this relationship,
the role of the journalist is crucial and
he should be a man of absolute integrity.
At his 85th birthday celebration
two weeks before he died in June 1964,
Lord Beaverbrook gave his definition of
a journalist:
“First, he must be true to him-
self. The one who is not true to himself
is no journalist. He must show courage,
independence and initiative.”
05 July 28, 2011 Courageous Journalism
by Dr. Amarjeet Singh
The unheard of shenanigans of the cur-rent Indian Army Chief, General VijayKumar Singh, (a not-too-smart HaryanaJat) continue. The General is trying todishonestly gain an extra year of service,in his present lucrative post, by jugglinghis date of birth and using the influenceof his present position. These actionshave not only made him an object ofridicule but it has vertically split the de-moralized 1.3 million strong IndianArmy - a mercenary force, with horribleBritish Colonial traditions/ uniforms -which gobbles up over forty billion U.S.$. out of India’s national budget everyyear, while over seven hundred million‘unwashed’ Indians are denied cleandrinking water, schools, dispensaries,shoes and latrines etc. This disgustingdate of birth ‘tamasha’ (spectacle) is stillgoing on, according to the Indian mediawith planted stories, despite the decisionof the Indian Ministry of Defence, an-nounced on July 21, 2011, (after consul-tation with the Law ministry and theAttorney general) that the Army Chiefwill now retire, as slated, in May 2012,next year, as that ministry has decidedthat the General’s date of birth, May 10,1950, will be considered for his superan-nuation, rejecting his dubious claim thathe was born on 10 May 1951. Reportsfrom New Delhi indicate that GeneralVijay Kumar Singh, the Indian ArmyChief is going to appeal to the ArmedForces Tribunal or go to Court despite thefact that such unprecedented moves willembarrass the Army Chief himself, the
institution of the Army, the ManmohanSingh government and the country. It isobvious that over the years India hasgradually become a country of shamelesscons and crooks who have no shame!
As was pointed out, six weeksago in this column, Khalistan Calling ofJune 8, 2011, headlined, ‘IndianArmy/Air Force hold another provoca-tive exercise in Punjab, near the Indo-Pakistan border, in 114* F. weather,which endangers Indian occupied SikhPunjab. Is the Indian Army Chief, Gen.V. K. Singh using these useless exercisesto cover his ‘date of birth fraud’ contro-versy.’ That column said that, “perhapsthese two unnecessary exercises aremeant to divert attention from the publiccontroversy about the age of India’sArmy Chief, General Vijay KumarSingh. The Army too has two differentdates as Gen. V. K. Singh’s birthday.
While the Army’s Adjutant Gen-eral’s branch has May 10, 1951, as thedate of birth, the Army Military Secre-tary’s branch records show it as May 10,1950 as per the UPSC application formfilled for entry into the Indian army’s –IMA (Indian Military Academy). Inci-dentally Gen. V. K. Singh was commis-sioned, as a 2nd Lt., on 14th June, 1970,in the 2nd Battalian of the Rajput Regi-ment at the age of nineteen. Acceptingthe May 10, 1951 date of birth, and ig-noring the real May 10, 1950 birth date,General V. K. Singh gets an extra year asArmy Chief at the expense of the nextsenior General, who probably is a Sikh
who will have to retire before the presentArmy Chief retires a year later. Only inthe Indian dystopian demoNcracy onecan get away with this kind of brazenfraud at the highest level!
In any other country the Generalwould be relieved of his command. Ac-cording to a report in the Chandigarh-based TRIBUNE newspaper, “the Armyhas sought views of two former retiredChief Justices on the controversy sur-rounding the date of birth of its Chief,General Vijay Kumar Singh, after theLaw Ministry and the Attorney Generalhave given their opinions. The retiredJustices J. S. Verma and G. B. Patnaik areunderstood to have opined that May 10,1951 should be considered as Gen. V. K.Singh’s date of birth instead of May 10,1950”. The report does not clarify underwhat rule/law the retired Chief Justicesgave their decision or advice on the ArmyChief’s age. Why have two retired judgesbeen asked for a legal opinion when thereare nearly thirty sitting judges in theSupreme Court of India who are qualifiedto answer such questions.” End quotefrom the Khalistan Calling of June 8, 2011.
It is interesting that the entry forGeneral Vijay Kumar Singh in theWikipedia, the Free internet Encyclope-dia has recently been updated. It used toshow his date of birth as 10 May, 1950.Suddenly the entry has been updated afew days ago and it now shows GeneralVijay Kumar Singh’s date of birth as 10May, 1951 – the date that he claims.
However a new Delhi-datelined report,dated 22 July, 2011, in the Times of India,by Rajat Pandit claims that, “Army chiefGeneral Vijay Kumar Singh will have tohang his boots next year, and not in 2013as he wanted. In a major blow to theArmy chief, the government has rejectedhis bid to officially get a year younger.After examining all records as well as theopinion of law ministry and attorney gen-eral Goolam E Vahanvati, defence min-ister A. K. Antony decided Gen Singh’sdate of birth will stand at May 10, 1950,sources said. When Gen Singh took overas Army chief in March 2010, the ap-pointment was cleared by the Appoint-ments Committee of the Cabinet on thebasis of 1950 being the year of his birth.This means, he will retire in May 2012.But if Gen Singh’s claim of his actualdate of birth being “May 10, 1951” hadbeen accepted, which he contended wasnot done earlier because of ‘vested inter-ests’, his tenure as Army chief wouldhave continued till March 2013. As perexisting rules, a service chief can servefor three years or up to the age of 62,whichever is earlier. ‘I’ve not publicly re-acted on this personal issue from the verybeginning. I have no comments to makeeven now,’ Gen V. K. Singh said. Thedecks have cleared for the present East-ern Army commander Lt-Gen BikramSingh to become the next Indian Armychief. There is no doubt that sooner the28 million strong Sikh nation, the major-ity living in Indian occupied Punjab since
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Indian Army Chief’s ‘date of birth’Indian Army Chief’s ‘date of birth’ shenanigans to dishonestly gain an extra
year of service as Army Chief continue, making the institution of the Indian Army& India, objects of ridicule. Gen. V. K. Singh should remember that,“He that is
shameless is graceless” -Thomas fuller M.D. in Gnomologia published 1732
06 July 28, 2011 Courageous Journalism
Indian Army and Police TerrorismThe story of the children is the story of
our shame. So gross and insensitive the
political parties have become that not one
of the 11 members of Parliament repre-
senting 10 political parties visiting Amrit-
sar on August 1, 1984 felt like taking any
action, when they were informed that 25
children between 4 and 12 had been de-
tained in the Ludhiana jail under section
107/262 having been rounded up from the
Golden Temple in the early July. It was
Smt. Kamal Devi Chattopadhyaya - old
and very sick - who moved in the matter
and discovered the shocking fact some of
the detained children were blind and there
were in the jail several women and old
men. Obviously, they had been found too
dangerous by the Army to be allowed to
remain outside. She moved to the
Supreme Court with a writ petition.
Supreme Court ordered the authorities to
release "all children kept under detention
in various jails and children's homes in the
Stat of Punjab" immediately.
The orders however were not car-
ried out - minors continued to remain in
jails and being questioned the jail Super-
intendent, Patiala, admitted that there
were many children still inside his jail
also. The story of ghastly torture of young
boys as well as of other arrested people
has been released full by Justice P.S.
Cheema, Vigilance Judge, Sessions Divi-
sion, Patiala, during his visit to Ladha
Kothi (Sangrur Distt.) jail. Since viola-
tions of the rule of law is now the rule and
the Armed Forces (Punjab and Chandi-
garh) Special Powers Act has made the
Army supreme, Major Das picked up six
children who were taking their examina-
tion in the Jaffarwal village School in Sep-
tember. They were taken to the Military
Camp at Tibri and tortured there. He
came back to the village again and raided
houses of 5 other boys - 3 of them were
arrested and tortured for 7 days. There
was no FIR, no charge sheet, the only
proof that the army had taken them and
tortured them was the signs of the torture
themselves; young Charan Singh who was
a fine runner with ambition to represent
his school in Punjab's Running Competi-
tion has become lame, he said, "I told
them break my arm but don't twist my leg,
they did not listen."
TORTURE
The Army tortured people only
because they were religious Sikhs; 65-
year-old Swaran Singh, was the Sarpanch
of Jaffarwal village; young Puran Singh,
a technician of Gurdaspur, a highly re-
spect farmer young Amrik Singh of
Aulakh village and many others had to un-
dergo the most sadistic, cruel and bestial
torture. Young Puran Singh's, who was
tortured so inhumanly by the Army and
the Police, case is worth mentioning that
it ought to be taken up by the Amnesty In-
ternational. Puran Singh became an Am-
ritdhari in 1977 and had no interest
whatsoever in politics, but little did he
know that because his motha, a Panchayat
member did not help a Cong-I man to be
elected as Sarpanch and who eventually
got elected, it would make him suffer such
inhuman torture.
"Being told that I was busy with
my prayer, they took my younger brother
and made it clear that he would get re-
leased only after I presented myself at the
police station. Next morning I went to
P.S. Dhariwal from where I was taken to
P.S. Gurdaspur where I was kept for 6-7
days and tortured. I was made to lie on
my face. A thick log was placed from
above on the back of my thighs and the
legs were pressed upwards. It caused a lot
of muscular pain. Sometimes, I would be
forced to stand for long hours with knees
bent to the extreme and hands raised up-
wards, till I felt exhausted and became un-
conscious. When I came to, they would
give me a little water and again continue
this torture till I fell unconscious. The
third method was to make me sit on the
ground , my hands tied at my back, one
person would stand behind me with his
knees to my back so that would be firmly
fixed to the ground and then two other
would stretch my legs apart to the very
maximum. The pain at the groin was ex-
cruciating. Sometimes they would beat
the soles of my feet with sticks. While
torturing me they would repeatedly ask,
"What is your relationship with Jarnail
Singh Bhindrawale?" What is you rela-
tionship with the Federation (AISSF)?
And how many times have you crossed
the border?"
"There was no record of my deten-
tion. After a week or so, I was released. I
was again arrested in July at night and
taken to P.S. Dhariwal and mercilessly
beaten with leather straps. They made me
stand with hands ties and raised high
while two persons would pull my legs
apart, until I fell unconscious. This time
also there was no charge and no record
was kept. I was released after 4-5 days.
"I was again taken to P.S. Dhari-
wal in August and interrogated about peo-
ple who had absconded, some of who I
know. I was again tortured by the same
methods but with a little less intensity and
was released after five days.
"My agony was not over. On Sep-
tember 10, 1984, as I was coming home
from duty I was taken at 11 p.m. at Kan-
uan (Electricity Substation) and this time
by the Army. My eyes were blindfolded
and my hands were tied behind my back.
I was put inside a military vehicle and vul-
gar and abusive words were showered at
me. The asked, "How many Hindus have
you killed", "In how many actions have
you been active?"
"I was taken to an unknown desti-
nation and there I was hit on my chest and
abdomen, and I was not allowed to sleep.
I would be kicked whenever I would fall
asleep. On September 16, 1894 the army
handed me over to the Dhariwal police
where I remained till 7th October when I
was produced before the magistrate with
a charge-sheet that I was shouting slogan
of "Khalistan Zindabad u/s 124 A. I was
given police remand up to 25th October.
On 19th October I was shifted to Ladha
Kothi in Sangrur Distt, one of the worst
torture chambers. I was again produced
before the Migistrate on 26th October,
when the remand was extended up 1st No-
vember. "In 'Ladha Kothi' I would hear
cries. The same question would be asked
of us again and again and we would be
told to say something. Not knowing what
to say, we would be confused and then we
would be tortured separately. A rod would
be pressed behind one's neck and hands
tied high up and then the body would be
bent. Another method applied was a log
tied behinds one's back and passed be-
tween the arms and hinds ties up and then
the legs being stretched to the maximum
till one became unconscious. One day I
was hung from the ceiling, my legs dan-
gling in the air.
"I was sent to Gurdaspur Jail on
November 1st and was there up to De-
cember 7th when I was release on bail. I
was acquitted in February 1985 as no ev-
idence could be produced by the prosecu-
tion. I was suspended from service in
September 1984 when I was picked up by
the Army but I have been reinstated on
24th March 1985."
IMAGE OF THE ARMY
One of the painful things which we have
to report is that today in Punjab’s rural
area which have given their sons to the In-
dian Army with such pride and love - the
image of that Army lies shattered.
The inhuman atrocities they have
committed on innocent people - shot
down little boys because they had black
turbans, denied drinking water when pris-
oners were dying of thirst in the June heat
so that they were ready to drink their own
urine- the communal overtone in the bru-
tal treatment that have administered to the
Amritdaris, the way they have looted
valuable and made money and of course
their wanton destruction of the Golden
Temple and shooting down of the com-
mon pilgrims inside the various Gurd-
waras of Punjab have earned them the
man of an 'Occupation Army' in the coun-
tryside of Punjab, and this name is going
to stick.
Yet, to be fair the Army is only
carrying out orders. If they have tortured
people in their various Camps, they had
the green signal from the Central Govern-
ment. India is the only county which did
not sign the new UN convention against
torture and other cruel, inhuman or de-
grading treatment as punishment.
Courageous Journalism July 28, 2011 07
SIKH GROUPS SUBMIT-TED MEMORANDUM
brother’s case as they are both innocentvictims of Indian state.
Gurdev Singh Kang, PresidentGurudwara Sikh Cultural Society, Rich-mond Hill, NY stated that “we want to ex-pose the façade and pseudo democracy ofIndia before the world community byshowing them how India has been treatingSikhs and other religious minorities. Lookat the case of Kashmir where innocentpeople are being killed by the Indian au-thorities only because they demand rights”.
Monday’s rally before United Na-tions was supported by Sikh Gurudwarasacross North America; Campaign to Endthe Death Penalty; People of Faith Againstthe Death Penalty; Students Against DeathPenalty; New Yorkers for Alternatives tothe Death Penalty; Equal Justice, USA;Death Penalty Focus; WESPAC Founda-tion; World Coalition and Death Penaltyand The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice.
1947, (with three million living free andprosperous in the Sikh diaspora all overthe world) part company with the Indian‘deMoncracy’ and carve a democratic,egalitarian, food and water-rich bufferstate of Khalistan with light industry, lo-cated between Pakistan’s Eastern borderand the Jumna river, South of Kashmirand South West of the Tibetan region ofChina, the better for all concerned. Thisnew Sikh-majority buffer state (for whichevery Sikh prays every day – ‘Raj KarayGa Khalsa’- Sikhs will rule) is destined toact as a bridge of intercontinental com-merce and will have the facility (and tra-dition of good relations with its neighborslike Pakistan, Kashmir and China) to beable to provide transit facilities for tradeand Oil/Gas pipelines between the eight‘Stans’ of Central Asia and the sevencountries of the subcontinent, which willbring peace and prosperity to the nearlyone billion eight hundred million peopleof the South Asian region.Khalistan Zindabad
Indian Army Chief’s‘date of birth’
Fourth alleged war criminal arrested: ToewsPublic tips have led to the capture of afourth alleged war criminal as part of afederal crackdown on suspected fugi-tives, Public Safety Minister Vic Toewsconfirmed on Wednesday afternoon.
The Canadian Border ServicesAgency arrested Henry Pantoja Car-bonel, a 52-year-old man from Peru, inthe Greater Toronto Area.
Carbonel's arrest comes daysafter the federal government launched awebsite listing the names of 30 suspectedwar criminals on July 21.
From the House of Commonsfoyer, Toews told reporters that the on-line registry was proving to be an effec-tive way to apprehend those suspected ofbeing complicit in war crimes or crimesagainst humanity.
"The focus of this is to removeindividuals from Canada who are inad-missible," said Toews. "We do not wantCanada to be a haven for those who havebeen implicated in war crimes."
The list of suspected fugitiveshas been accused of convicting individ-uals in the court of public opinion andbeing put together without sufficient evidence.
Toews defended the registry onWednesday saying that it is meant to get
rid of individuals who are inadmissibleto Canada, not to determine guilt or in-nocence. Immigration Minister JasonKenney has also rejected criticism of thelist. At Wednesday's press conference hestressed the importance of apprehendingindividuals who have "taken advantageof our legal process."
"We have to act on arresting and
deporting people who are involved inwar crimes and crimes against human-ity," Kenney said.
Four alleged fugitives, in total,have now been arrested from the onlinelist of 30 individuals.
Cristobal Gonzalez-Ramirez, a44-year-old man from Honduras, was thefirst suspect to be tracked down. One day
later, officials arrested Arshad Muham-mad, a 42-year-old from Pakistan who isthought to be linked to an Islamic terror-ist organization.
Both Kenney and Toews haveencouraged anyone with information onthe 26 remaining suspected fugitives tocall the CBSA Border Watch line at 1-888-502-9060.
CN Tower's EdgeWalk opens MondayThe CN Tower’s EdgeWalk will open to the public Monday,but Toronto’s latest attraction is not for the faint of heart orlight of wallet. Thrill seekers can get the best view of the cityfrom a 356 metre-high ledge – that’s 116 storeys above theground. It costs $175 to strap in for an open-air walk along the1.5-metre platform that runs along the tower’s highest pod.The entire experience will run 1.5 hours, with the walk itselflasting between 20 to 30 minutes. Up to eight people canmake the hands-free trip at the same time, supported by a har-
ness and pulley attached to an overhead rail. “We think it’s fitting that Toronto’s newest attraction
in 18 years should be at the city’s most defining landmark,”said Mark Laroche, president and CEO of Canada Lands Com-pany, in a statement earlier this year. Canada Lands owns andoperates the CN Tower. “EdgeWalk is both thrilling andunique and will push visitors to their limits – literally and fig-uratively. This will be among Toronto’s, if not the world’s,greatest attractions,” Laroche added.
08 July 28, 2011 Courageous Journalism
VANCOUVER — A
Tamil refugee claimant
who arrived off Canada's
West Coast aboard the
MV Sun Sea last year has
been ordered deported
over allegations he com-
mitted a war crime in his
home country of Sri
Lanka. The migrant,
who can't be identified,
appeared before the Im-
migration and Refugee
Board in April, and a
written decision was is-
sued this week.
The man admit-
ted he was a member of
the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam, or Tamil
Tigers, which is consid-
ered a banned terrorist
organization in Canada.
The written deci-
sion was heavily
redacted and did not out-
line the specific allega-
tions against the migrant,
but he was accused of
counselling others to
commit a war crime.
It also wasn't
clear whether the migrant
offered any type of de-
fence. Geoff Rempel, the
refugee board adjudica-
tor in the case, wrote that
his decision was based in
large part on the mi-
grant's own account of
what happened in inter-
views with border offi-
cials and in testimony at
his immigration hearings
Rempel wrote
that statements the mi-
grant made during the al-
leged incident
"amounted to him delib-
erately urging or incit-
ing" others to commit a
war crime.
"His statements,
viewed objectively in
context, actively
prompted, advocated or
encouraged the commis-
sion of the offence,"
wrote Rempel.
The migrant was
among nearly 500 men,
women and children ar-
rived aboard the MV Sun
Sea last year. All were
ethnic Tamils from war-
torn Sri Lanka, and all
made refugee claims.
Most have been
released, but eight men,
including the migrant in
this case, remain in de-
tention. The government
has requested admissibil-
ity hearings for about 50
migrants to determine
whether they are ineligi-
ble to remain in Canada,
primarily because of al-
leged links to the Tamil
Tigers or human
smuggling.
So far, six have
been deported, while the
refugee board refused to
deport nine of them. Sev-
eral of those cases are
now the subject of ap-
peals in Federal Court.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today
commemorated the 58th anniversary
of the Korean War Armistice and
marked National Korean War Veterans
Day by paying tribute to those who
fought for democracy during the con-
flict. Prime Minister Harper laid a
wreath at the Korea Veterans National
Wall of Remembrance and spoke
about the importance of remembering
the sacrifices of all Veterans who
served in the Korean War. He was
joined by Steven Blaney, Minister of
Veterans Affairs, Eve Adams, Parlia-
mentary Secretary to the Minister of
Veterans Affairs, distinguished veter-
ans and youth. “The selfless sacrifice of those who
served in Korea helped establish Canada’s reputation
as a nation that will fight against injustice and repres-
sion beyond its borders,” said Prime Minister Harper.
“As we commemorate one of Canada’s most signifi-
cant armed engagements of the 20th century, we also
affirm that Canada will continue to stand fearlessly
with its allies when the cause is just.” From 1950 to
1953, more than 26,000 Canadians served in Korea,
fighting to restore peace and stability to the area. An
additional 7,000 Canadians served between the sign-
ing of the armistice and the end of 1955. In propor-
tion to its population, Canada’s troop contribution
was one of the largest of the international force. In
total, 516 brave Canadians made the ultimate sacri-
fice. The Korea Veterans National Wall of Remem-
brance, the location of today’s ceremony, honours all
Canadians who fought in the Korean War.
Praveen Swami
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Goals of Indian Hindu nation-
alists were identical to Justi-
ciar Knights, Anders Breivik
claimed
Norwegian mass killer Anders
Behring Breivik hailed India's
Hindu nationalist movement
as a key ally in a global strug-
gle to bring down democratic
regimes across the world.
‘2080: A European declara-
tion of independence' lays out
a road map for a future organ-
isation, the Justiciar Knights,
to wage a campaign that will
graduate from acts of terror-
ism to a global war involving
weapons of mass destruction
— aimed at bringing down
what Breivik calls the “cul-
tural Marxist” order.
India figures in a remarkable
102 pages of the sprawling
1,518-page manifesto.
Breivik's manifesto says his
Justiciar Knights “support the
Sanatana Dharma movements
and Indian nationalists in gen-
eral.” In section 3.158 of the
manifesto, he explains that
Hindu nationalists “are suffer-
ing from the same persecution
by the Indian cultural Marx-
ists as their European
cousins.”
“Appeasing Muslims”The
United Progressive Alliance
government, he goes on, “re-
lies on appeasing Muslims
and, very sadly, proselytising
Christian missionaries who il-
legally convert low caste Hin-
dus with lies and fear,
alongside Communists who
want total destruction of the
Hindu faith and culture.”
Even though Hindus who are
living abroad “get an eagle's
view of what's happening in
India, Indian Hindu residents
don't see it being in the
scene.”
Breivik's manifesto applauds
Hindu groups who “do not
tolerate the current injustice
and often riot and attack Mus-
lims when things get out of
control,” but says, “this be-
haviour is nonetheless coun-
terproductive.”
“Instead of attacking the Mus-
lims, they should target the
category A and B traitors in
India and consolidate military
cells and actively seek the
overthrow of the cultural
Marxist government.”
“It is essential that the Euro-
pean and Indian resistance
movements learn from each
other and cooperate as much
as possible,” he concludes.
“Our goals are more or less
identical.”
Lists websites
Breivik lists the websites of
the Bharatiya Janata Party, the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh, the National Volun-
teers' Organisation, the Akhil
Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
and the Vishwa Hindu
Parishad as resources for fur-
ther information.
The manifesto pledges mili-
tary support “to the national-
ists in the Indian civil war and
in the deportation of all Mus-
lims from India.” This is part
of a larger campaign to “over-
throw of all western European
multiculturalist governments”
and evict “U.S. military per-
sonnel on European soil.”
India is one of several coun-
tries — including Russia, the
Philippines, China and Thai-
land — where Breivik hopes
his successors will fight.He
uses the work of historians
K.S. Lal and Shrinandan Vyas
to point to the threat posed by
Islam to Europe, saying their
work has established that mil-
lions of Hindus were killed in
a genocide during 1000-1525
AD. N.S. Rajaram, another
historian, is quoted as saying
India's “political class have
been so debilitating that they
continue to live in a state of
constant fear.”
Breivik's manifesto envisages
that this future organisation
would hand out a “multi-cul-
tural force medal,” which
would be awarded for “mili-
tary cooperation with nation-
alist Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish
and/or atheist forces (non-Eu-
ropean) on Hindu, Buddhist
or Jewish territory. These ef-
forts must be directed against
Jihadi or cultural Marxist
forces, personnel or interests.”
The medals would include a
“Liberation of India Service
Medal,” which would be
awarded for “assisting Indian
nationalist forces to drive out
Islam from Indian territory.”
Breivik's Indian-made combat
badges, revealed by The
Hindu as having been con-
tracted to a workshop in
Varanasi, were the first in this
series of battle decorations.
His manifesto acknowledges
that lives will be lost in the
war, and calls for the organi-
sation to “provide and sub-
sidise a standard edition of the
Justiciar Knight tombstone”
for those who fell in battle.
Since a “European tombstone
carver, preferably specialised
in traditional tombstone archi-
tecture, is likely to charge
more than 5000-10000 Euro
in order to create the stone,”
Breivik suggested that “pro-
ducers in low-cost countries
should be contacted for the
task of creating one or multi-
ple stones in the future.”
He acknowledged that this
“might sound hypocritical
considering the fact that cul-
tural conservatives in general
oppose Indian or Chinese
membership in [the] WTO
and the fact that we generally
prefer in-sourcing as many in-
dustries as possible. However,
conserving our funds is a cen-
tral part of our struggle.”
Even though Breivik's
Knights would fight shoulder
to shoulder with Hindu na-
tionalists, his vision for their
rights in a post-revolutionary
Europe is limited. The mani-
festo envisages the creation of
a “servant class,” made up of
non-Muslim individuals from
Bangladesh, Pakistan and
India.
“During their stay,” the mani-
festo envisages, “they will
work 12 hours a day for the
duration of their contracts (6
or 12 months) and are then
flown back to their home-
lands.” “These individuals,” it
goes on, “will live in segre-
gated communities in pre-de-
fined areas of each major
city.”
Tamil migrant from MV Sun Sea ordered deported Norwegian mass killer's manifesto hails Hindutva
PM honours Veterans of the Korean War
July 28, 2011 09Courageous Journalism
With gas prices hovering aroundthe $4/gallon mark, many peoplemay be reconsidering taking thatsummer road trip. DecisiveLatino brings you tips from theTire Industry Association (TIA),one of the leading global author-ities on tires, that drivers can useto stay safe, reduce fuel con-sumption, and thus make thatgetaway a reality.1) Perform a visual inspectionand check tire pressure. Accord-ing to TIA Senior Vice Presidentof Training Kevin Rohlwing,improperly inflated tires are oneof the biggest contributors to acar's fuel inefficiency. Driversshould check the owner's manualor the placard on the inside ofthe driver-side door to determinethe correct inflation, and alwayscheck the pressure first thing inthe morning, when tires are"cold." Additionally, look forany cracking and/or irregularwear.2) Be sure not to overload yourtires. Many summertime activi-ties involve a lot of luggage andequipment. And, when you fac-
tor in the weight of the passen-gers, it can be too much for your
tires to safely handle. Over-loaded tires will also wear outfaster, and will not be as fuel-ef-ficient, thus potentially costing
you hundreds of dollars on re-placement tires. Make sure tocheck the owner's manual to en-sure the maximum allowablelimit is not being exceeded.3) Use the "penny test" to check
for minimum tread depth. Theold test still works - place apenny in a major tread groove ofa tire with Lincoln's head facing
down. If the top of Lincoln'shead is visible at any point in
any major tread groove, it's agood sign that the tire needs tobe replaced.4) Rotate tires every 5,000 -
7,000 miles. Rotating tires onthis regular basis is one of thebest ways to get the maximumlife out of your tires.5) If your tire is punctured, makesure the person who is repairingit performs the repairs off thewheel. The only proper way torepair tire damage is to removethe tire from the wheel. On-the-wheel repairs are dangerous, be-cause there may be moredamage to the tire than what isvisible when it is on the wheel.6) Inspect your spare tire. Manypeople forget to regularly checkthe condition of their spare tire(including the inflation pressure)until one of their main tires is notworking, and then, it's too late!"Most people don't realize thatby following these simple tips,they can greatly increase theirfuel economy, not to mention en-suring that they reach their des-tinations safely. And, with highgas prices, TIA hopes that alldrivers will follow these safe &economical tips not just for sum-mer, but all year long," saidRohlwing.
Auto Section
Few cars have man-aged to remain as dis-tinctive as Volvo. TheU.S. lineup branchedout in 2011 with thecompact crossover
SUV, the C30 sporthatchback. Whiledriving Volvo’s mostaffordable model, Ihad to appreciate thateven at the entry level,this compact Volvostill combines utilitywith distinctive style.The most basic ofVolvos is hardly that.The base model Idrove, the T5, starts
with a turbo-charged,2.5-liter, five-cylinderengine that achieves227 horsepower and236 lbs.–ft. of torque.Matched to the six-
speed manual, itshould achieve acity/highway fueleconomy of 21/29mpg. The reviewmodel came with thefive-speed automatictransmission withGeartronic, or simu-lated manual shiftingthat improves mileageby one mpg on thehighway.
I don’t have a needfor speed but the re-sponsiveness of thethrottle reconfirmedmy appreciation forturbochargers, i.e.
it’s quick and nimble.Handling with mostcars tends to be aver-age but on the C30,it’s exceptional, be-ginning with the steer-ing wheel’s perfectgirth—it just felt rightin my hands. TheC30’s diminutive ex-terior measurementsadd to its feeling ofbalance and respon-siveness. The electro-hydraulic steeringdelivers a constantand precise steeringforce.Like all Volvo’s, theC30 comes equipped
with essential safetyfeatures like DynamicStability and TractionControl, anti-lockbrakes, side curtainairbags, and thewhiplash protectionsystem. My favoritefeature, the Blind SpotInformation System orBLIS, is available.Technology like theIntelligent Driver In-formation System, anelectronic key with re-mote control, Blue-tooth hands-freetelephone interface,and cruise control arestandard.As a hatchback, it’salso versatile. The seatbacks fold back for anear flat cargo surfaceand interesting storagecompartments, likethe one behind theslim center stack, pro-vided an ideal spot formy garage remotecontrol. The backrestscan also be loweredfrom outside (with thehatch open).Like a well-tailored
suit, the French-stitched seats, in clothor leather, give the in-terior a crisp, pressedappearance. Adultseating, however, islimited to four.Pricing for the VolvoC30 starts at $24,700but the model I droveincluded several op-tions like the Pre-ferred Package($1,800) that added apower moonroof.Leather seats cost anadditional $1,200 andthe Climate Package,that included heatedfront seats and elec-tronic climate control,added $1,700. The as-tested price came to$34,090.For less than $40,000,the 2011 C30 T5 Idrove offered a uniquedriving experiencethat only a Volvo candeliver. At less than$30,000, the C30,with a six-speed man-ual, also merits seri-ous consideration.
