When we are children, we find ourselves leaning into our stubbornness. We may feel a resistance to being told what to do. We are hard-headed and inflexible. As adults, this tendency may reveal itself in certain moments.
On International Human Rights Day 2026, the Sikh Siyasat presents this exclusive documentary narrating the hereto untold story of those survivors who were used as "human shields" during the 1992 encounter between Sikh kharkus and the Punjab police, BSF and other Indian forces.
![Left to Right: Jagtar Singh Johal, Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam [USCIRF Freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) prisoners] | File Photos](https://sikhsiyasatnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Jagtar-Singh-Johal-Umar-Khalid-and-Sharjeel-Imam-USCIRF-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-FoRB-prisoners.jpg)
