Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) is a US-based secessionist group that supports the secession of Punjab from India as Khalistan. Founded and primarily headed by lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in 2009. The organization was created in response to the murders of Sikhs after Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi death by her Sikh bodyguards.. The motivation for the assassination was due to the Prime Minister's decision to attack the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The events after the murder of the Prime Minister included the murders of around 3,000 Sikhs. The murderers did not stop after the assassination, the government implemented a "give no quarter" initiative. This led to the further pursuit of the killing of the Sikh community in Punjab. Sikhs For Justice was banned in India in 2019 as an unlawful association
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| - Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) is a US-based secessionist group that supports the secession of Punjab from India as Khalistan. Founded and primarily headed by lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in 2009. The organization was created in response to the murders of Sikhs after Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi death by her Sikh bodyguards.. The motivation for the assassination was due to the Prime Minister's decision to attack the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The events after the murder of the Prime Minister included the murders of around 3,000 Sikhs. The murderers did not stop after the assassination, the government implemented a "give no quarter" initiative. This led to the further pursuit of the killing of the Sikh community in Punjab. Sikhs For Justice was banned in India in 2019 as an unlawful association (en)
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| - Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) is a US-based secessionist group that supports the secession of Punjab from India as Khalistan. Founded and primarily headed by lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in 2009. The organization was created in response to the murders of Sikhs after Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi death by her Sikh bodyguards.. The motivation for the assassination was due to the Prime Minister's decision to attack the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The events after the murder of the Prime Minister included the murders of around 3,000 Sikhs. The murderers did not stop after the assassination, the government implemented a "give no quarter" initiative. This led to the further pursuit of the killing of the Sikh community in Punjab. Sikhs For Justice was banned in India in 2019 as an unlawful association. In 2021 a campaign for a Punjab independence referendum was held to discuss separating Punjab from India to become its own state (en)
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