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Press Release

Stop state harassment of Dr. Navsharan Singh / Halte au harcèlement du Dr Navsharan Singh par l'État

***Le français suit***
May 18th, 2023 

India’s witch-hunt against internationally recognized scholar and activist with Canadian connections, condemned by diasporic civil society organizations. 
 
The Modi regime’s harassment and intimidation of progressive public figures who oppose its divisive policies and actions has been ongoing for the last nine years. The latest victim, reportedly, is the public intellectual and human rights activist Dr Navsharan Singh (Ph.D. Carleton University), daughter of the legendary theater personality the late Gursharan Singh, and a well known progressive public figure in India and internationally.

According to press reports Dr. Navsharan Singh, was questioned for 8 hours for alleged violations of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA based on her association with social activist Harsh Mander’s Karwan-e-Mohabbat (Caravan of Love), a group that provides support to the most marginalized and deprived sections of Indian society, especially minorities who are frequently at the receiving end of violence by the goons of Hindutva organizations. During the pandemic, Karwan-e-Mohabbat was feeding the poor and daily wage-earners who suddenly found themselves without any source of income.

 An accomplished scholar and women's rights activist in South Asia, Dr. Singh also has a long history of grassroots work and has taken the baton of such work from her late father. By reaching out to the impoverished and the disenfranchised in rural Punjab and elsewhere, her support and advocacy work has earned her the love and respect of the masses, as was evident when she courageously supported the Indian farmers’ struggle against the draconian laws of the Modi government in 2020-2021. S. Joginder Singh Ugrahan, head of BKU (Bhartiya Kisan Union) [Indian Farmers' Union], one of the largest farmers Unions in India, has strongly denounced the shameful harassment of Dr. Navsharan Singh by the Indian government.

 To those of us who have known or are familiar with Dr. Navsharan Singh and her grassroots and academic work, her harassment by the regime’s investigative agencies is outrageous and unacceptable, and must be resolutely opposed.

 Dr. Singh's bio and work can be accessed through the following links:


  • https://carleton.ca/politicaleconomy/people/navsharan-singh/
  • http://www.lcs-tcs.com/current.html 

 
We, the undersigned organizations, call on the Indian authorities to immediately stop their persecution of Dr. Navsharan Singh and ensure that she is not subjected to malicious harassment in future.
 
Info: [email protected] 

Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia
Alternatives, Montreal, Canada
Alternatives International
Centre de travailleurs et travailleuses immigrant/es-Immigrant Workers Centre, Montreal
CERAS (Centre sur l’asie du sud)
Critical Diasporic South Asian Feminisms
Democracy, Equality and Secularism in South Asia (DESSA), Winnipeg
Gursharan Singh Memorial Lecture Committee, Vancouver
India Civil Watch International
International South Asian Forum
Justice For All Canada
Montreal Serai
Secular People’s Association, Edmonton 
Progressive Cultural Association, Calgary
Progressive Kala Manch, Calgary
Pro-People Arts Project Media Group (Sarokaran Di Awaz), Toronto
Punjabi Literary and Cultural Association, Winnipeg
Rang Collective
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Book Centre, Calgary
Sikh Virsa International, Calgary
South Asian Dalit Adivasi Network, Canada (SADAN)
South Asian Diaspora Action Collective (SADAC)
South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD), Vancouver
Tarqsheel [Rationalists] Society of Canada
Teesri Duniya Theatre

Halte au harcèlement du Dr Navsharan Singh par l'État

La chasse aux sorcières du gouvernement Modi de l’Inde contre une universitaire et militante de renommée internationale ayant des liens avec le Canada, est condamnée par les organisations de la société civile diasporique.

Le harcèlement et l’intimidation par le régime Modi de personnalités publiques progressistes qui s’opposent à ses politiques et à ses actions qui sèment la discorde se poursuivent depuis neuf ans.

La dernière victime à date est l’intellectuelle publique et militante des droits humains Navsharan Singh (Ph.D. Université de Carleton), fille de la légendaire personnalité théâtrale feu Gursharan Singh, et personnalité publique progressiste bien connue en Inde et à l’étranger.

Selon la presse, Mme Navsharan Singh a été interrogée pendant huit heures pour violation présumée de la loi sur la prévention du blanchiment d’argent (PMLA).

Ce harcèlement ciblé contre elle est lié à son association avec le groupe Karwan-e-Mohabbat (Caravane de l’amour) de l’activiste social Harsh Mander, qui apporte son soutien aux catégories les plus marginalisées et les plus démunies de la société indienne, en particulier les minorités qui sont souvent victimes de la violence des hommes de main des organisations sectaires de l’Hindutva.

Pendant la pandémie, Karwan-e-Mohabbat a nourri les pauvres et les travailleurs journaliers qui se sont  soudainement retrouvés sans aucune source de revenus.

Universitaire accomplie et militante des droits de la femme en Asie du Sud, Mme Singh a également une longue expérience du travail de terrain et a repris le flambeau de son défunt père. En tendant la main aux pauvres et aux laissés-pour-compte des régions rurales du Pendjab et ailleurs, son travail de soutien et de plaidoyer lui a valu l’amour et le respect des masses, comme on a pu le constater lorsqu’elle a courageusement soutenu la lutte des agriculteurs indiens contre les lois draconiennes du gouvernement Modi en 2020-2021.

S. Joginder Singh Ugrahan, chef du BKU (Bhartiya Kisan Union) [Syndicat des agriculteurs indiens], l’un des plus grands syndicats d’agriculteurs en Inde, a fermement dénoncé le harcèlement honteux de la Dr Navsharan Singh par le gouvernement indien.

Pour celles et ceux d’entre nous qui ont connu ou qui connaissent bien la Dr Navsharan Singh et son travail de terrain et universitaire, son harcèlement par les agences d’investigation du régime est scandaleux et inacceptable, et doit être résolument combattu.

La biographie et le travail de la Dr. Singh sont accessibles via les liens suivants :


  • https://carleton.ca/politicaleconomy/people/navsharan-singh/
  • http://www.lcs-tcs.com/current.html

Nous, les organisations soussignées, demandons aux autorités indiennes de cesser immédiatement de persécuter la Dr Navsharan Singh et de veiller à ce qu’elle ne soit plus soumise à tout harcèlement malveillant à l’avenir.
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