Bhai Amrik Singh presenting Brad Adams, the Asia Director at Human Rights Watch, with a silver plate in UK Parliament
London, UK - Bhai Amrik Singh, the Chair of the Sikh Federation (UK) presented Brad Adams, the Asia Director at Human Rights Watch, with a silver plate which the Federation reserve for those that make a significant contribution on behalf of the Sikh community.
Former Foreign Secretary, Rt. Hon Margaret Beckett MP along with a number of other former and current Ministers as well as numerous MPs came to listen to Brad Adams, the Asia Director at Human Rights Watch, who on 18 October 2007 released a 123-page report titled: 'India: Time to Deliver Justice for Atrocities in Punjab - Investigate and Prosecute Perpetrators of ‘Disappearances’ and Killings'.
Ministers that attended the meeting included, Ben Bradshaw, the Minister of State (Health Services); Minister for the South West; Pat McFadden - Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform; Claire Ward – a Treasury Minister and Paramjit Singh Dhanda the Minister for Community Cohesion.
Other former Ministers that attended the meeting included: Rt. Hon Elliot Morley MP, Minister for Fisheries, Water & Nature Protection and later, Minister for Environment & Climate Change; Rt. Hon John Spellar MP, former Minister for the Armed Forces, Minister for Transport and later, Minister for Northern Ireland; and Fiona Mactaggart MP, former Minister at the Home Office.
Other prominent MPs, that attended the meeting included Simon Hughes MP, the President of the Liberal Democrats and Rob Marris MP the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for UK Sikhs.
