BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 3. Occupation and
genocide are not isolated events, but stable structures, Legal
Counsel for Sikh Federation of Canada, Prabhjot Singh Wirring, said
at an international conference titled "June 1984, events in
Amritsar: India's transnational repression of ethnic minorities in
the context of genocide", held in Baku, Trend reports.
"The key point is that occupation and genocide are enduring
structures, not one-time events," he said.
According to him, the end of a military presence or a change in
political power doesn't mean the end of an occupation.
He pointed out that such systems persist through institutions,
laws, the judicial system, police, bureaucracy, borders, and
knowledge production mechanisms that can be used to control
populations and disconnect people from their own identity and
historical roots.
Singh noted that occupation persists through changes in people's
understanding of themselves, how they are governed, and how their
resistance is criminalized.
