Amnesty seeks justice for 1984 riot victims

New Delhi, June 23

Amnesty International today said successive Indian governments had “failed” in giving justice to the 1984 riot victims despite “evidence of political and police complicity” in killing thousands of Sikhs following the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

“The survivors and victims of 1984 have not received justice primarily because the successive governments have failed to take action (against those involved),” Aakar Patel, Executive Director, Amnesty International India, said.

Patel was speaking at an event “Insaaf84” held here as part of Amnesty International India’s two-year-long “Chaurasi Ki Naa Insaafi” campaign.

The rights group and civil society members made a series of recommendations related to “effective investigations, comprehensive remedy and reparation, and legal and police reform,” to be submitted to the Home Ministry.

Patel urged the BJP-led NDA government to “finally deliver justice to the thousands who suffered in 1984”.

“It must not waste this opportunity,” Aakar Patel said. — IANS