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Motion · S6M-10590 · 25 Sep 2023

Remembering the Anti-Sikh Violence of 1984

Lodged by Kaukab Stewart Standard Motion 21 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament remembers the violence against Sikh men, women, and children in India in October and November 1984; notes reports that, from 31 October to 4 November 1984, over 3,000 Sikhs were murdered across India, with some estimates suggesting that the number of lives taken could be as high as 17,000; understands that Sikhs were assaulted and tortured, and that Sikh women were sexually assaulted and raped by groups of attackers; notes from reports that Sikh homes, businesses and places of worship (Gurdwaras) were looted, ransacked and destroyed; understands that the so-called Widow Colony, in the Tilak Vihar neighbourhood of New Delhi, India’s capital city, to this day, still houses Sikh women who were assaulted, raped, tortured, and forced to witness the dismemberment, burning, and murder of their families, and who continue to call for justice against the perpetrators, and considers that the Sikh community in Scotland, and across the globe, has not recovered from what it sees as the emotional and deep psychological trauma of these events.

Supporters (21)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.