Dokument #1106070
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Personal information on disappeared human
rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra is scarce among the sources
consulted by the Research Directorate. Information could not be
found on Khalra's date and place of birth, educational background,
occupation, and the name of his father.
In 1995, India Today reported
Khalra's age as 43 years (15 Dec. 1995, 53), whereas India
Abroad stated he was 35 (24 Nov. 1995).
According to an Amnesty International 7
September 1995 Urgent Action, Khalra was arrested by
police outside his home in Kabir Park, Amritsar, Punjab.
According to three sources, Paramjit Kaur
is Khalra's wife (India Today 15 Dec. 1995, 53; ibid. 16
June 1997, 18; India Abroad 24 Nov. 1995, 30).
According to Khalsa Human Rights
Newsletter, Rajinder Singh Sandhu is the brother of Khalra
(Winter 1996). This document was accessed on the Internet on 23
January 1998 at the following address http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/
ev90495/news2.htm. According to its home page (http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/
town/square/ev90495/index.htm), Khalsa Human Rights "is an
independent human rights organisation based in Leicester, UK, which
[works] for human rights in India using letter writing, public
meetings and publications."
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the
list of additional sources consulted in researching this
Information Request.
References
Amnesty International. 7 September 1995.
Urgent Action: India: Jaswant Singh Khalra, Human Rights
Activist. (AI Index: ASA 20/26/95). London: Amnesty
International.
India Abroad [Toronto]. 24
November 1995. "Court Orders Probe in Alleged Cremations by
Police."
India Today [Delhi]. 16 June
1997. Vol. 22, No. 12. Harinder Baweja, Ramesh Vinayak and Rohit
Parihar. 'Punjab: Bitter Harvest: The Sharp Polarisation of Opinion
on the Plight of Police Officers Under Judicial Scrutiny Reopens
Old Wounds."
_____. 15 December 1995. Vol. 20, No.
23. Ramesh Vinayak. "J.S. Khalra: The Case of a Missing
Activist."
Khalsa Human Rights Newsletter
[Leicester, UK]. Winter 1996. "KHR Conference at Belgrave
Neighbourhood Centre." [Internet] [Accessed 23 Jan. 1998]
Additional Sources Consulted
The International Who's Who.
Yearly. 1996, 1997.
Mahmood, Cynthia Keppley. 1996.
Fighting for Faith and Nation: Dialogues with Sikh Militants.
Electronic sources: IRB Databases,
Internet.
Oral sources.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact one
oral source.