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Lfhri found this video and impressed by the dignity of witness in the case of 17 Indian national sentenced to death in Sharjah, UAE

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The United Sikhs, a coalition of orgnisations and individuals bases in U.K. urged the people to attend a protest against death penalty at Prime minister's resident, 10 Downing Street, London on 16th of May, 2010 from 1.00 to 4.00 P.M. The protest was announced after an NGO Lawyers For Human Rights International from India released a report on death penalty awarded to 17 people by a court at Sharjah in U.A.E.

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court issued a notice to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Indian Consulate at U.A.E. on a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) filed by Lawyers For Human Rights International, to explain to the court why MEA has failed to protect  Indian Citizens abroad and how to make the system effective, so that no Indian is tortured and is denied fair trial abroad. The PIL is filed after a delegation of LFHRI met 17 Indians in Sharjah jail on 14.04.2010, who have been given death penalty by Sharjah court of U.A.E. The High court served the govt.counsel in the court itself and fixed the matter for reply on 27.05.2010. Copy of the petition is as under:-

FACT FINDING REPORT OF LFHRI OF THE  SENTENCING OF 17 INDIANS TO DEATH BY THE SHARIAT COURT OF SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

The news of sentencing to Death of 17 Indians, accused of killing 1 person by a Shariat court of Sharjah  in United Arab Emirates has shook the Indians as well as others around the world. It becoming a national issue, every politician of India and Panjab is trying to score a point on the other. Political mileages are being drawn from a tragedy. Congress Government at the centre as well as the Akalis of Punjab are trying to show and prove that their party is making more efforts than the other in ensuring that these 17 boys who incidentally belong to Sikh faith and are mostly residents of Punjab  are  properly defended.

Getting Death Penalty abolished from the face of the earth is a long haul. During this time, while we continue with our efforts to get them free from death row, we should also devise and adopt methods in order to secure the Rights of the prisoners who are facing death Penalty.

In India while we are campaigning for abolishing of Death Penalty, we have also adopted certain methods in order to ensure that we are able to get the rights of such prisoners protected in the prisons, while they are waiting for the decisions on their mercy petitions pending before the President of India. By using these methods, I have been able to lessen the trauma of Death Penalty prisoners. I am sharing my personal experience with you, hoping that in some part of the world acting upon my experience, you might be able to make your contribution, which will be a rewarding experience for you and would work as a morale booster in your long fight towards a Death Penalty free world.

• To, The Hon’ble President of India
• The Hon’ble Home Minister of India.

Devender Pal Singh Bhullar was sentenced to DEATH by the designated court of Delhi on 25th Aug 2001 and is at present 46 years. After completing his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Guru Nanak engineering College Ludhiana, in 1990, Bhullar started teaching in the same college and taught for more than a year. He belonged to a well settled educated family and his father was Section Officer in Punjab Audit Department and his mother was working as Supervisor in Rural Development Department of Punjab.

Saurabh Malik Tribune News Service Chandigarh, October 12 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the district and sessions judges of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to carry out surprise checks of police lock-ups to detect illegal detention. The court has even asked the registrar-general to submit a report on the visits.

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A seminar was organised by the Monitoring Committee on Juvenile Justice of the High Court. Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur in the seminar said the Punjab government has not met several statutory requirements of the Act. “A basic body like the child welfare committee is missing from most districts, no inspection committee has been set up to monitor the working of children’s homes and there is no shelter home in the state,” he said.