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You helped us save an innocent man
The South Asian Post has become the first Indo-Canadian community newspaper in British Columbia to be nominated for a prestigious Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Journalism.
And we have you to thank for it.
Your support and loyalty helped us crusade for an innocent man who was jailed in India after his B.C. wife was murdered.
Our efforts and your help paved the way for Sukhwinder Singh to walk out of jail this year after 44 months in prison.
This was the second time he was framed for crimes he did not commit.
Sukhwinder Singh — aka Mithu — is the central figure in an international saga of forbidden love that culminated in the cultural murder of Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu, a beautician from Maple Ridge, B.C.
Jaswinder, or Jassi, was 25-years-old when she was kidnapped, tortured and killed in the spring of 2000 after going against her family's wishes and marrying Mithu.
"Without the support of our advertisers and readers, we could not have done this . . . it's a proud day for all concerned," said South Asian Post publisher, Harbinder Singh Sewak.
"Nomination for the Webster award in community journalism means the South Asian Post is now recognized for its excellence in "crusading" for a just criminal system - and good law and order coverage was a long time favourite for Jack Webster, a noted Canadian journalist," said Dr. Catherine Murray, Professor of the School of Communication at SFU and director of the BC Ethnic Media Study 2007.
"Until now, the mainstream press has been slow to wake up to the size of the ethnic media sector in BC, to its rate of growth and to the excellence of its journalism."
Our other newspaper, The Asian Pacific Post, won the Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting in 2003.
Winners of the 2008 Jack Webster Awards will be announced at the 22nd annual Jack Webster Awards dinner on Nov. 6 at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver.
"Until now, the mainstream press has been slow to wake up to the size of the ethnic media sector in BC, to its rate of growth and to the excellence of its journalism."
Our other newspaper, The Asian Pacific Post, won the Jack Webster Award for Community Reporting in 2003.
Winners of the 2008 Jack Webster Awards will be announced at the 22nd annual Jack Webster Awards dinner on Nov. 6 at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver.
We value your continued support and thank you for helping us save an innocent man.
To read the full story of how you helped free Sukhwinder Singh, please visit www.justiceforjassi.com
We will be publishing comments from our valued supporters to mark this historic occasion at The South Asian Post. Please send us an e-mail to [email protected]
Yours truly,
Jagdeesh Mann & Michael Roberts,
Executive Editors, The South Asian Post.
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