Information on this specific subject is currently unavailable to the DIRB.

Please refer to the attachment from Amnesty International Report 1989 for information on 'encounter' or 'staged' killings in Punjab.

For information on AISSF and its activities in Punjab for the years 1986-1988, please consult the attachments. The DIRB has also written extensively on AISSF. Please consult the following Responses to Information Requests available at your Regional Documentation Centre: IND1873 of 7 September 1989, IND2341 of 10 October 1989, IND2445 of 30 October 1989, and IND2461 of 17 November 1989.

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB 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 attached the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Attachments

Amnesty International. 1989. Amnesty International Report 1989. New York: Amnesty International USA, p. 177.

The Associated Press. 20 May 1988. PM Cycle. Deepak Sharma. "Guns, Ammunition Found Inside Temple, 20 More People Killed." (NEXIS)

Reuters. 7 April 1987. AM Cycle. "Five Killed in Punjab as Purity Campaign Gathers Momentum." (NEXIS)

. 7 March 1987. PM Cycle. "Hundreds of Police Enter Golden Temple After Gunbattle." (NEXIS)

Revolutionary and Dissident Movements: An International Guide. 1991. 3rd edition. Edited by Henry W. Degenhardt. London: Longman Group UK Ltd, pp. 139-40.

The United Press International (UPI). 25 June 1987. PM Cycle. "Police Today Raided the Golden Temple of Amritsar. . ." (NEXIS)

. 10 May 1987. AM Cycle. Surinder Khullar. "Sikh Militants in Punjab Putting a Moral Edge . . ." (NEXIS)

Sources Consulted

Amnesty International Report 1988. 1988.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1988 and 1989.

DIRB "Amnesty: India" file, 1978-1988.

DIRB "India" country file. 1987-1988.

DIRB Information Package on India. January 1989.

The Europa World Year Book. 1987, 1988.

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 1987, 1988, 1989.

Political Parties of the World. 1988.

Revolutionary and Dissident Movements: An International Guide. 1988.

The World of Learning. 1994.

On-line searches.