Bapu Gurcharan Singh
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Bapu Gurcharan Singh (also known as Sardar Gurcharan Singh Hawara) is an Indian human rights campaigner, civil society activist, and leader of the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha (National Justice Front). Based in Punjab, he is widely recognized as the father of Sikh political prisoner Jagtar Singh Hawara. Following the long-term incarceration of his son, Gurcharan Singh became a prominent figure in grass-roots campaigns advocating for the rights of Bandi Singhs (Sikh political prisoners who have completed their judici
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Hawara (Fatehgarh Sahib District) / Mohali, Punjab, India
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Bapu Gurcharan Singh (also known as Sardar Gurcharan Singh Hawara) is an Indian human rights campaigner, civil society activist, and leader of the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha (National Justice Front). Based in Punjab, he is widely recognized as the father of Sikh political prisoner Jagtar Singh Hawara. Following the long-term incarceration of his son, Gurcharan Singh became a prominent figure in grass-roots campaigns advocating for the rights of Bandi Singhs (Sikh political prisoners who have completed their judicial court sentences), civil liberties, and criminal justice reforms. He serves as a central organizer of the ongoing Qaumi Insaaf Morcha sit-in protest at the Chandigarh-Mohali border, mobilizing civil society groups, human rights defenders, and agrarian bodies to demand legal release and constitutional rights for long-term detainees.