“The impunity gap in India is nowhere more evident than in Punjab.”

– Ensaaf & Human Rights Watch

A Mission to End Impunity

Ensaaf is a nonprofit organization working to end impunity and achieve justice for mass state crimes in India, with a focus on Punjab.

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Community Organizing & Education

We educate & organize for survivors’ rights.

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Documentation

We expose abuses & build evidence for accountability.

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Legal Advocacy

We pursue precedent-setting litigation to hold perpetrators accountable.

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UN Advocacy

We alert the United Nations to critical human rights issues.

Reports

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January 2009
A Preliminary Quantitative Analysis
Ensaaf and the Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group
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October 2007
A Policy of Impunity in Punjab, India
Ensaaf and Human Rights Watch
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March 2007 (2nd edition)
The November 1984 Pogroms of Sikhs in India
Ensaaf

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News

January 20, 2010

A substantial opportunity has fallen into the lap of the Sikh community. Learn how you can vote for a memorial space in remembrance of Sikhs who have been unlawfully killed by the Indian government.

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December 22, 2009

I'm quickly forwarding you this email from Ensaaf's Board Chair, Alison Hillman. She's also a program officer at the Open Society Institute. I was inspired to write because she's right—we accomplish a phenomenal amount with our small team.

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December 22, 2009

On December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and two years later, the General Assembly invited the world to observe December 10th as Human Rights Day.

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