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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 34
          Author:   Cooper (D) and Cooley (D), et al.
          Amended:  4/16/15 in Assembly 
          Vote:     21  

          ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  Read and adopted, 4/16/15

           SUBJECT:   November 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms:  remembrance


          SOURCE:    Author


          DIGEST:  This resolution remembers those who lost their lives  
          during the November 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms and massacre.


          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:


          1)November 2014 marked the 30 year anniversary of the horrific  
            anti-Sikh pogroms, which claimed the lives of thousands of  
            Sikhs throughout India in the first week of November 1984.


          2)Many Sikh lives were saved from the massacre by compassionate  
            Indians of all religious backgrounds, who put their own lives  
            at risk by providing shelter to their Sikh friends and  
            neighbors.


          3)The pogroms resulted in the intentional destruction of many  
            Sikh families, communities, homes, and businesses.









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          4)Eyewitnesses, journalists, and human rights activists have  
            compiled evidence showing that government and law enforcement  
            officials organized, participated in, and failed to intervene  
            to prevent the killings through direct and indirect means.


          This resolution remembers those who lost their lives during the  
          November 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms and massacre.


          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:NoLocal:    No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified4/27/15)


          None received


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified4/27/15)


          None received







          Prepared by:  Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          4/28/15 15:31:16


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