Dal Khalsa Alliance - International Peace Award & Memorial Awards

International Peace Award & Memorial Awards

Dal Khalsa News
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
WASHINGTON, DC, November 15, 2007 ? Dr. Gurmit Singh Aulakh, President of the Council of Khalistan, received the International Peace Award from the Dal Khalsa Alliance on October 28. Dal Khalsa Alliance, led by Sardar Paramjit Singh Sekhon, is an organization that works to free the Sikhs of Punjab, Khalistan from Indian oppression. The Council of Khalistan leads the Sikh freedom struggle and is the *government pro tempore* of Khalistan , the Sikh homeland that declared its independence from India on October 7, 1987. The Council of Khalistan was formed at that time to lead the freedom struggle. According to the Dal Khalsa Alliance , Dr. Aulakh was given the award for raising voice against human rights violence by Indian government, exceptionally devotional, tireless, committed, and dedicated services to the Sikhs struggle for sovereignty. Dr. Aulakh also received the International Peace Award from Dal Khalsa USA in 2006 . Sardar Sekhon operates two websites, http://www.dalkhalsausa.org/ and http://www.dalkhalsaalliance.org/ , which are a source for news of Khalistan and Sikh affairs.** According to the Dal Khalsa Alliance’s website, it established awards “to honor the competent Sikhs, who have been working tirelessly for the Chardikala of the Guru Khalsa Panth, internationalizing the Sikhs’ Struggle To Regain Their Lost Sovereignty, Independence and Political Power by democratic and peaceful means, since 14th March, 1849.” Currently, Khalistan is under Indian occupation . India has murdered over 250,000 Sikhs since 1984, according to figures compiled by the Punjab State Magistracy. According to a report by the Movement Against State Repression (MASR), 52,268 Sikhs are being held as political prisoners in India without charge or trial. Some have been in illegal custody since 1984! India has also killed over 90,000 Kashmiri Muslims , over 300,000 Christians in Nagaland, and tens of thousands of Assamese, Bodos, Dalits, Manipuris, Tamils, and other minorities. Amnesty International reports that India holds tens of thousands of these minorities as political prisoners as well. Other award recipients included the noted Sikh author Professor Gurtej Singh, IAS, who received the Sardar Kapur Singh Memorial Award, named for a noted Sikh author who was the first Professor of Sikhism (Professor Gurtej Singh is Professor of Sikhism); Dr. Paramjit Singh Ajrawat ( Sikh General Bhai Bhagale Singh Memorial Award ); Dr. Awatar Singh Sekhon ( Shaheed Bhai Amrit Singh Memorial Award ); Simranjit Singh Mann ( Nawab Kapur Singh Memorial Award ); Sant Ram Singh Damdami Taksal ( Sant Sundar Singh Memorial Award ); Dr. Sukhpreet Singh Udhoke ( Giani Gurdit Singh Memorial Award ); Dr. Harjinder Singh Dilgeer ( Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha Memorial Award ); and living martyr Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana ( Shaheed Bhai Harjinder Singh Jinda and Shaheed Bahi Sukhdev Singh Sukha Memorial Award ). ‘ I am pleased and honored to receive this award, Dr. Aulakh said. It is a recognition of the importance of our struggle to liberate our homeland, Punjab, Khalistan, from Indian oppression and occupation . I am proud that Dal Khalsa Alliance is also working to free our homeland. I am eager to work with all Khalistan supporters to free our homeland so that the Sikh Nation can reclaim its birthright and live in freedom, dignity, and prosperity, he said. Remember the words of former Akal Takht Jathedar Professor Darshan Singh: ‘If a Sikh is not a Khalistani, he is not a Sikh’. It is time to liberate Khalistan,? he said. Let us dedicate ourselves to that important work.
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