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Ensaaf Act Join Us Report human rights violations Learn Frequently Asked Questions Human Rights Defenders Jaswant Singh Khalra Sukhwinder Singh Bhatti Satwant Singh Manak Kuljit Singh Dhatt Our Work Programs Successes Publications Photo Essays Videos The Victims Testimonies of Truth (beta)Mission & Theory of Change Our Team Press Center Blog Donate A Mission to End Impunity Ensaaf is a nonprofit organization working to end impunity and achieve justice for crimes against humanity in India, with a special focus on Punjab. MAKE A DONATION We work tirelessly to help survivors get justice. Ensaaf means justice in many South Asian languages. Ensaaf works to end impunity and achieve justice for crimes against humanity in India, with a special focus on Punjab, by documenting abuses, bringing perpetrators to justice, and organizing survivors to advocate for their rights. Our Successes More About Ensaaf Support Our Work Every donation goes directly to documenting abuses, litigating human rights cases, and organizing survivors to advocate for their rights. MAKE A DONATION Multimedia Virtual Site of Conscience Project For three decades, the architects of crimes against humanity in Punjab have escaped accountability and justice. While families have searched for their disappeared loved ones and lived with lies and partial-truths, the government of India has rewarded and promoted the perpetrators. We believe that survivors of gross human rights violations cannot live as free and respected citizens of a country until impunity ends. As part of its Virtual Site of Conscience, Ensaaf will create visualizations that will promote accountability and support prosecutions for crimes against humanity in Punjab. The visualizations will identify the commanding officials, as well as the number of individuals unlawfully killed and enforceably disappeared by them and their subordinates. The Last Killing An original, award-winning documentary that chronicles Punjab Police whistleblower Satwant Singh Manak’s fight for justice for the families of ten victims of unlawful killings. A Light of Justice: Commemorating Human Rights Defender Jaswant Singh Khalra This 30-minute film contains interviews with Khalra’s family, as well as archival footage of Khalra when he was investigating secret cremations and disappearances in Punjab. Seeking Ensaaf Seeking Ensaaf follows Ensaaf field researchers as they document a case of extrajudicial killing in Punjab. Photo Essays Learn more about the issues through our original photo essays. Watch more of our videos here . Sign up for our Email Newsletter First Name Last Name Email Address Sign up Join a force of concerned human rights supporters. The latest Twitter updates from Ensaaf: Connect with usEnsaaf’s courageous work gives a voice to the disappeared and killed in Punjab, and proves that a few dedicated individuals can challenge powerful forces of impunity and hold them to account. ” Brad Adams, Asia Director at Human Rights WatchEnsaaf is doing today in Punjab, what others had given up: bringing hope to victims and challenging perpetrators through critical legal inputs. ” R.S. Bains, Punjab human rights attorneyThe impunity gap in India is nowhere more evident than in Punjab. ” Ensaaf & Human Rights WatchWe simply want justice and we want those people to be punished. ” Father of victim of unlawful killing Appear for the Disappeared Join Ensaaf for our Walkathon and Fundraiser . Take 5,269 steps (4 km) in one day in honor of each victim profiled on our Mapping Crimes Against Humanity site. Multiply your impact. Fight for truth and justice now, and double your donation. Mapping the Killings View our interactive data visualization site , mapping and profiling 5300+ victims. Rajvinder S. Bains: This procedure has failed completely. Rajvinder S. Bains, a human rights attorney in the Punjab & Haryana High Court for over 20 years, discusses his experiences with the High Court in cases filed on behalf of victims of disappearances or extrajudicial executions. (Oct. 2007) Mohinder Singh: What justice can we get from here? Mohinder Singh discusses the abduction and murder of his son by the Punjab police and his pursuit of numerous avenues of justice. (Oct. 2007) Tarlochan Singh: A Mockery of Justice Tarlochan Singh describes his son Kulwinder Singh’s abduction by the Punjab police, and his 18-year continuing legal struggle for justice for Kulwinder Singh’s extrajudicial execution. (Oct. 2007) Join the Movement! Stay up to date about Ensaaf’s work to protect human rights in Punjab and beyond. First Name Last Name Email Address Sign up Gurcharan Singh and his Desire for Justice In an SBS Dateline program on Punjab, Geoff Parish discusses the Punjab governments offer of compensation to 17 families, with no investigation or admission of liability by the state, in the Punjab mass cremations case. Gurcharan Singh rejected this offer. (Apr. 2002, Uploaded with permission from SBS.) Jaswant Singh Khalra: Investigations into Illegal Cremations An SBS Dateline program on Punjab describes human rights defender Jaswant Singh Khalras discovery of the Punjab polices use of secret cremations to hide evidence of extrajudicial executions. The clip includes an interview with human rights activist Ram Narayan Kumar. (Apr. 2002, Uploaded with permission from SBS.) A Witness Among the Bodies: Surviving Bluestar On the 30th Anniversary of Operation Bluestar, Ensaaf presents an eyewitness account of the Indian Army attack on The Harmandir Sahib Complex in Amritsar, Punjab, from June 1 and June 6, 1984. This exclusive interview reveals how the Indian Army intentionally killed thousands of civilians and used excessive force during this assault. Ensaaf Speaks with Manak about Court Decision, November 28, 2013 On November 26, 2013, the Punjab & Haryana High Court allowed the appeal of the State of Punjab and reversed and nullified the decision of the Single Judge directing investigation by the CBI. Not only did it refuse to order an inquiry into Satwant Singh Manak’s allegations that he witnessed the Punjab Police torture and unlawfully kill ten people, it also fined Manak, ordering him to pay 2,000 rupees to each of the accused police officers. A Labor Of Love: Contesting Impunity On July 23, 1989, Punjab Police officers abducted, tortured, and unlawfully killed 35-year old Sikh community leader Kuljit Singh Dhatt. For 25 years, his family has relentlessly pursued justice, attending over a hundred hearings, petitioning various courts and commissions, and enduring police harassment and intimidation of witnesses. On May 9, 2014, a judge convicted three police officers of abduction in order to murder Kuljit Singh Dhatt, sentencing them to a mere five years. The legal battle continues, now in the higher courts. Navkiran Kaur Khalra: We are proud of what our father did.” Navkiran Kaur Khalra, daughter of murdered human rights defender Jaswant Singh Khalra, recounts her family’s struggle for justice and her father’s discovery of thousands of killings and secret cremations by the Punjab police to hide evidence of wrongdoing. (Oct. 2007) Jaswant Singh Khalra: Last International Speech – The Struggle for Truth In his last speech made to a Canadian audience, Jaswant Singh Khalra discusses his investigations into the thousands of illegal killings and secret cremations by the Punjab police and his readiness to die to expose the truth about these crimes. Jaswant Singh Khalra begins his speech with a moving fable about the struggle of truth and light against expanding darkness. He recounts how he traced the fate of many disappeared Sikhs to Amritsar’s municipal cremation grounds. Through government records obtained from these municipalities, Khalra exposed a detailed history of systematic human rights violations in which security forces abducted, murdered, and secretly cremated an estimated 6,017 Sikhs in Amritsar district alone–then one of 13 districts in Punjab–from 1984 to 1995....