India: Information on the relationship of the Sikh movement in Jammu Kashmir to the Muslim movements
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | IND21291.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, India: Information on the relationship of the Sikh movement in Jammu Kashmir to the Muslim movements, 1 July 1995, IND21291.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad1168.html [accessed 30 May 2023] |
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Information on the above-mentioned subject could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, the attachments provide information on the relationship between the Sikh movement in Punjab and the Muslim movement in Jammu and Kashmir and on the presence of Sikh militants in Jammu and Kashmir, which may be of interest. The attached 24 February 1994 Reuters report named the Khalistan Zindabad group as a Sikh militant group active in Jammu and Kashmir.
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
Agence France Presse (AFP). 20 May 1993. "Moslem, Sikh Insurgency Coordinator Nabbed in Kashmir." (NEXIS)
Associated Press (AP). 25 August 1994. Binoo Joshi. "Bomb Damages Two Buses in India; 7 Killed, 34 Injured." (NEXIS)
Human Rights Watch Arms Project. September 1994. Vol. 6, No. 10. India: Arms and Abuses in Indian Punjab and Kashmir. New York: Human Rights Watch, p. 7.
India Today [Delhi]. 15 May 1994. Shekhar Gupta and Rahul Pathak. "Pan-Islamic Fundamentalism: Exporting Terror," pp. 25, 27-28.
_____. 31 March 1994. R. Vinayak. "Still A Threat; Punjab's Shadow on Jammu," p. 22.
Nawa-I-Waqt [Karachi, in Urdu]. 5 February 1995. "Aiding Sikhs Said to Enliven Kashmir Issue." (FBIS-NES-95-025 7 Feb. 1995, pp. 80-81)
_____. 28 January 1995. "Government Urged to Utilize Silh-Kashmiri Axis." (FBIS-NES-95-023 3 Feb. 1995, pp. 52-53)
Reuters. 6 November 1994. BC Cycle. "Bus Bomb Kills Two, Injures 13 in India." (NEXIS)
_____. 24 February 1994. BC Cycle. "Sikh Militants Claim Kashmir Blast." (NEXIS)
_____. 5 June 1992. BC Cycle. "Kashmiris in Sympathy Strike on Sikh Anniversary." (NEXIS)
_____. 9 February 1991. AM Cycle. "Eight Die in Kashmir Violence." (NEXIS)
Summary of World Broadcasts. 24 September 1994. "Reaction to British-Indian Extradition Treaty." (NEXIS)
The United Press International (UPI). 1 June 1993. BC Cycle. "Inmates Riot in Kashmir Prison." (NEXIS)
Other Sources Consulted
Asian Survey [Berkeley, Calif.]. 1993-present.
Amnesty International. 1993. India: `An Unnatural Fate': `Disappearances' and Impunity in the Indian States of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.
Amnesty International Reports. 1994 and 1995.
Asia Watch and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). 9 May 1993. Rape in Kashmir: A Crime of War.
Country Reports. 1993 and 1994.
Human Rights Watch. May 1991. Human Rights in India: Kashmir Under Siege.
Human Rights Watch Reports. 1994 and 1995.
India Abroad [Toronto]. December 1994-present.
India Today [Delhi]. 1994-present.
Refugees, Immigration and Asylum Section (RIAS), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia. June 1994. Country Profile: India.
On-line searches.
