In the belatedly 1970's together with 1980's the Khalistan drive sought to found a Sikh acre inwards the Punjab portion of India. This drive was oftentimes vehement together with was met inwards plough past times violence from the Indian government. During the 1980's together with 1990's the Khalistan drive together with the Indian military machine & constabulary both used excessive violence. Violence which led to numerous deaths on both sides.
It is believed that over 5,000 Sikhs were the victims of "enforced disappearances together with extrajudicial executions" past times the Indian government's counterinsurgency measures during the 1980's & 1990's. Ensaaf's Crimes Against Humanity projection is an endeavor to document together with map these disappearances together with executions past times the Indian safety forces inwards the acre of Punjab. The information was gathered from a village-by-village census projection interviewing victim's families together with examining documentary evidence.
The Crimes Against Humanity interactive map plots where Sikhs disappeared or were killed inwards the Punjab every bit a result of the Indian government's counterinsurgency. The interactive map includes a timeline which allows you lot to run across when these disappearances took place. The markers on the map are scaled to reverberate the release of victims documented at each location. You tin click on these markers to larn to a greater extent than almost each of the private victims together with the nature of their disappearance or killing.
