Southport, UK, November 23, 2009: The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) yesterday voted in their annual conference to support the fight for justice for the victims of the Sikh massacre 25 years ago. At least 3,000 Sikhs were killed throughout India in a four day organised pogrom.

The Annual Delegate Meeting (ADM) passed motion 147 which was proposed by Parvinder Singh, NUJ Book Branch:

• "This ADM notes the anti-Sikh massacres that took place in November 1984 throughout India, following the assassination of the Indian Prime Minister, Mrs Indira Gandhi.
• ADM is alarmed that 25 years on, none of the key perpetrators have been brought to justice.
• ADM calls upon the delegates to study the report ‘1984 Sikhs’ Kristallnacht’ which documents the events from a wide range of sources.
• This ADM instructs the General Secretary to write to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs urging the British Government to raise this matter with the Indian High Commissioner."

Jeremy Dear, NUJ General Secretary has added his support for the campaign, adding: ‘It is important for all peoples that we seek not just the truth about the events of 1984 and beyond, but that we also act for justice.’