Mr. Speaker, this year marks the 30th anniversary of the tragic massacre of Sikhs in India in 1984.
Thousands of Sikh men, women and children were tortured and brutally murdered in New Delhi and other parts of India. This massacre of Sikhs was a deliberate and calculated act by the perpetrators responsible.
In 2009, the New Delhi high court proclaimed:
Even though we boast of being the world's largest democracy...the sheer mention of the incidents of 1984 anti-Sikh riots in general and the role played by Delhi Police and state machinery in particular makes our heads hang in shame...
These were not just fundamental human rights issues. Sikhs around the world call for answers for this senseless killing and justice for the victims of this tragedy.
I call on all members of this House to join me in condemning this atrocity and remembering the victims of 1984.