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Background and Psyche of Anti-Sikh Events of 1984 & the RSS : Video Interview with Bhai Ratinder Singh

2016-11-19

Despite his frail health, Panthic.org Senior Editor Bhai Ratinder Singh discusses the background and psyche behind the anti-Sikh events of 1984 in Madhya Pardes and the Government sponsored genocide perpetuated by anti-Sikh elements such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).Background: Bhai Ratinder Singh, a respected...

Sikh Charity Khalsa Aid Feeds Thousands of War Torn Syrians

2015-10-07

DUHOK, KURDISTAN - Large-hearted Sikhs have taken their traditional community kitchen to one of the most dangerous places on earth today - Syria. Giving a twist to the concept of langar, a group of Punjabi Sikhs have collaborated with locals to provide fresh bread to...

US Congressman John Garamendi Raises Human Rights and Sikh Religious Freedom Issues with Modi

2015-09-30

SAN JOSE, CA (KP) - United States Congressman John Garamendi met with the visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to California and raised concerns of religious freedom and human rights, especially in regards to the Sikh community. "Congressman Garamendi delivered a letter...

Declaring To Hunt Sikh Rights Violators - SFJ Challenges Extortion Allegations

2015-07-15

Washington, DC - Responding to the allegations of SFJ extorting money through filing human rights violation lawsuits in the US Court, attorney Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, legal advisor to SFJ stated that DSGMC officials GK and Sirsa "are under misconception that they can thwart the legal...

US Rights Group Declared $20k Compensation For Sikh Youth Killed In Jammu Police Firing

2015-06-07

NEW YORK, NY - Condemning the State violence against Sikhs in Jammu, a US based human rights group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) announced $20,000 (twenty thousand dollars) compensation for the family of Bhai Jagjeet Singh who was killed in police firing.Bhai Jagjeet Singh of RS...

Sikh Human Rights Group Launches Boycott of India's National Carrier - Air India

2015-05-13

NEW YORK, NY - US based human rights group "Sikhs For Justice" (SFJ) whose Facebook page has been blocked by the Indian government has given a call to the Sikh diaspora in North America to boycott Air India. The national airline of the India operates...

UK Conference Urges International Intervention to Protect Sikhs, Muslims and Christians in India

2015-04-28

Birmingham, UK - An impressive gathering of diverse communities heard from several noted experts about the plight of national and religious minorities in India; it called on the international community to take on the “insipid and wholly destructive phenomena” of the Hindutva project which poses...

World Sikh Org Assists Canadian Law Student Barred From Wearing Kirpan

2015-01-29

VANCOUVER, CANADA - The World Sikh Organization of Canada has successfully assisted a Sikh student barred from wearing his kirpan into the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Ishwer Singh Basra, an amritdhari (initiated) Sikh, was scheduled to write the LSAT on September 27, 2014. Upon...

Activist's Second Do-or-Die Prisoner Release Campaign Crumbles

2015-01-13

AMBALA, HARYANA (KP) - Gurbaksh Singh, the Sikh activist who had been holding a protest for the release of various Sikh prisoners, was admitted to Ambala's Civil Hospital per his family's request virtually bringing to end his second do-or-die supposed hunger-strike for freeing Sikh prisoners....

World Sikh Organization Calls on India to Follow Acknowledgment of 1984 Genocide with Vigorous Prosecutions

2014-12-31

OTTAWA, CANADA - The World Sikh Organization of Canada has written to Indian Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, welcoming his acknowledgement of the killing of Sikhs in November 1984 as a genocide and calling on him to follow up his announcement with investigations and prosecutions...

Another Incident of Beadbi at American Gurdwara : Disregards for Basic Gurmat at Westernized Weddings

2014-12-10

Glen Cove, New York (KP) - Another western couple has created a storm of controversy at an American Gurdwara Sahib, as photos surfaced of a woman sitting irreverently atop the sacred dais known as Takht Sahib with her back purposely turned against Sri Guru Granth...

American Gurdwara Breaks Sikh Maryada by Performing Unconventional Anand-Karj for Western Couple

2014-12-08

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - In a controversial act against Anand Karaj Maryada, a couple from west has recently wedded by taking the four walks (parkarma) side-by-side during the lavan (Each laavan involves walking around Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji).As per Kaurlife website, the couple decided to...

'Sikhs are NOT Hindus' Campaign Launched on White House Petition Site

2014-12-04

WASHINGTON, DC (KP) - The Sikh Nation has always considered itself distinct from other faiths and the sacred Sikh scriptures attest to this distinct identity that was forged more than 500 hundred years ago. The sacred verses in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji openly declare:...

Calendar Confusion: Jathedars & Granthis 'move' Guru Gobind Singh Ji's Gurpurab Date to Next Year

2014-11-18

SRI AMRITSAR, PUNJAB (KP) - The Sikh clergy did an about face of sorts in regards to the Nanakshahi Calendar when they arbitrarily declared that Guru Gobind Singh Sahib Ji’s upcoming Gurpurab should be celebrated on January 7th, 2015 instead of December 28th of 2014,...

1984 Victims Had A Day in United Nations - Human Rights Officer With OHCHR Documents Testimony of Witnesses

2014-11-07

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - For the first time in 30 years New York Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights afforded the 1984 victims an opportunity to present evidence on the Sikh Genocide. While hundreds of Sikhs from North America rallied outside...

Sikh Nation Honors Shaheeds Beant Singh and Satwant Singh

2014-10-31

AMRITSAR SAHIB (KP) - The Sikh Nation honored the sacrifices of their National Heroes, Shaheed Sardar Beant Singh and Satwant Singh who brought Indira Gandhi to justice on October 31st, 1984 for authorizing the brutal military assault on Sri Darbar Sahib complex, and dozens of...

Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara Shackled in Medieval Restraints During Delhi Court Appearance

2014-10-18

NEW DELHI (KP) - Sikh political prisoner, Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara, was recently paraded in medieval era type leg restraint bars and leg cuffs to a Delhi court for his ongoing trial. The image of the chained Sikh activist was perhaps a humiliating reminder of...

Sikh Woman with Dastar Finally Allowed to Serve in Uniform

2014-10-09

FREMONT, CA – Two years ago, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB1964, or the California Workplace Religious Freedom Act (WRFA), into law. AB1964 prohibits religion-based segregation in the workplace and strengthens the legal standard for religious accommodations in favor of employees and job applicants. AB1964,...

Human Rights: Sikhs Protest Indian PM's US Visit

2014-10-03

WASHINGTON, DC - Hundreds of Sikhs from North America gathered at Lafayette Park protesting against the increasing threat to religious minorities in India. Amidst the chanting of “Modi, a murderer” a citizens’ court convened by human rights group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) indicted former chief...

Sikh Organization Lead Humanitarian Efforts in Jammu-Kashmir Floods

2014-09-27

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR - Hundreds of flood-victims in Jammu and Kashmir who found shelter at various gurdwaras across the the state are grateful to the Sikh community for their contribution in the rescue efforts. Abdul Rasheed has been staying in Gurudwara Shaheed Bunga for past 17...

Battle of Sikh Gurdwaras Outside Punjab Intensifies

2014-08-08

CHANDIGARH, PUNJAB - The issue of control over gurdwaras in Haryana shows every sign of escalating into violent confrontations between Amritsar-based Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) and its newly-formed Haryana counterpart. On Wednesday, Kurushetra became the battleground when supporters of both clashed over the control...

Pro-Badal Jathedars Issue Edict Against Haryana Sikh Leaders

2014-07-16

AMRTISAR SAHIB, PUNJAB - In a controversial move to appease the Badal dominated Akali Dal and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Gurbachan Singh issued an excommunication edict against a Sikh minister in the Haryana government and two other senior...

Panthic Organizations Demand Urgent Medical Treatment for Sikh Political Prisoner Babbar Jagtar Singh Hawara

2014-06-26

AMRITSAR, PUNJAB - Panthic organizations, including Akhand Kirtani Jatha, Damdami Taksal, Dal Khalsa, and Jathedar Gurbachan Singh have urged Indian Prison authorities to swiftly provide proper medical treatment to the Sikh Nationalist Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara, who is suffering from debilitating spine complications due years...

Sikh Genocide Report Accepted by UN High Rights Council

2014-06-24

UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK - The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has accepted a report on the 1984 "Operation Bluestar", a code name given by the Indian Army for a security operation to flush out militants from the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar.The report...

Chaos and Melee At Sri Akal Takht Sahib Mars the 30th anniversary of Army Raid

2014-06-06

AMRITSAR SAHIB, PUNJAB (KP) – Sympathizers of Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann-Amritsar) and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) clashed at Sri Akal Takht Sahib and marred the 30th anniversary commemorations of the bloody 1984 Indian Army attack that claimed thousands of innocent lives. Dozens of individuals...