CHANDIGARH, Punjab—The online news portal Sikh Siyasat has released a documentary named “OUTJUSTICED-2” which exposes the human rights violations being carried out by the state in Punjab and the corresponding impunity of those who commit these violations.
OUTJUSTICED 2 is the second documentary from a series titled “OutJusticed – the untold stories” focusing on the denial of justice to victims of human rights violations in Punjab. OUTJUSTICED 2 concerns the Punjab Police firing incident of 2012 in which a Sikh student, Bhai Jaspal Singh was killed in Gurdaspur.
Some people have been ‘outjusticed’ (pushed out of the ambit of the circle of justice) by the system and the OutJusticed documentary series is an attempt to document and tell the stories of those people.
Certain events, though happening at different times, can only be better understood in their mutual context. The incident of police firing in Gurdaspur did not emerge out of a vacuum; it has a political context just like the human rights abuses in Punjab have their root in political questions related to Sikhs and the Punjab.
As regards human rights abuses in Punjab, there are three basic facts: firstly that these abuses are committed to crush the political assertion of the Sikhs; secondly, the whole state system, including the judiciary, stand in complicity – especially through the policy of impunity; and thirdly, that this is not a thing of the past as it continues even to the present times. The case of Jaspal Singh Gurdaspur has emerged as a ‘witness’ to these facts.
This documentary was screened in Chandigarh on 3 September, 2016. It was screened at various places in England, including universities, from March to May 2017. A special screening of this documentary was held at Bangalore on 29 April, 2017.
The documentary was screened at more than a dozen places in England, including various colleges and universities.
A special screening of this documentary was also held in Manitoba University in Canada in August 2017.
First and foremost, this is wrong! If this boy was wrongly killed, his family should get justice. Period, there is no other way acceptable. I having no power do hope and pray that his family will get justice. It is clear anywhere in the world, that there are no gaurantees that there wont be crazy, wrong, unjust and simply bad people but what is also expected is that proper justice must be done.
Regarding this documentary, this is no documentary at all. A documentary that is only asking few people that match the view of the maker is not a documentary but it is called propaganda. So while you can rightly point finger at Govt for not providing jusitce, you yourself are neck deep in your hatred. Why where Hindus protesting? What was the problem about?
Was there anyone supporting killers of Beant singh? Why aren’t you covering everything? No Punjabi Hindu in his right mind would disrespect Sikh religion itself because every punjabi Hindu is also part Sikh because they equally pray in Gurudhwaras as they do in Temple. He may disrespect a Sikh but not Sikh religion. So what was so much of a problem? You have shown Hindus protesting with violence. you mean there was no Sikh protesting? How much propaganda will you spew?