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Independent UN Expert Says ‘tsunami of hate’ Targeting Minorities Must be Tackled

“The Holocaust did not start with the gas chambers, it started with hate speech against a minority”, warned Fernand de Varennes, the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues.

Diaspora to demonstrate outside Indian Embassy in New Jersery on 6 March

Punjabi and Sikh diaspora will be holding a demonstration outside Indian Emabassy in New Jeresry in support of ongoing farmers protest in India. Farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and other regions of India are demonstrating on the outskirts of India’s capital city demanding rollback of new farming legislations passed by the Government of India.

Labour Activist Nodeep Kaur’s First Speech After Her Release From Jail

Nodeep Kaur of Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan was arrested by Sonipat police on 12 January 2021 from Kundali Industrial Area (KIA).

Nodeep Kaur Released from Jail

Labour Activist Nodeep Kaur was released from Sonipat jail on Friday after she was granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court earlier in the day.

India: Authorities Must Stop Suppressing Peaceful Protests by Farmers and Their Allies

Since early February 2021, police have used metal barricades, cement walls and iron nails to block the roads leading to Tikri, Singhu, Ghazipur, the three main borders where the farmers have assembled. They have done so to prevent any vehicles from these areas entering Delhi. The barricades have also served to deny male and female farmers and their families, including children, consistent access to water and sanitation facilities. The protests at these sites over the past two months are reported to have been peaceful.

India: Government Must Stop Crushing Farmers’ Protests and Demonizing Dissenters

The Indian government must immediately stop its escalating crackdown on protesters, farming leaders and journalists, amid ongoing nationwide demonstrations against three recently introduced farm laws, Amnesty International said today. The organization also called for the immediate and unconditional release of those arrested solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.

Infighting and Mud-Slinging Won’t Help, Rather Harm and Undermine Farmers Agitation: Dal Khalsa Tells Farmer Unions

Dal Khalsa president Harpal Singh Cheema today strongly condemned the framing of farmer leaders and Sikh activists in fake cases by Delhi Police.

Vigourousness of Empire: Aurangzeb, Stalin and Modi

After imprisoning his father Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb became emperor of Delhi's Mughal power. Aurangzeb is known as a powerful and Islamic orthodoxy king. He slained his competitor brothers Dara Shikoh, Sujah, Murad and Dara's son to gain autonomous power of Delhi.

People Should Celebrate New Year With Protesting Farmers at Delhi Borders: Dal Khalsa

Responding to the call given by 40 farmers organizations asking the people to celebrate new year with the protesting farmers, the Dal Khalsa urged the masses to join farmers sitting at Singhu, Tikri and other borders of Delhi on 31st Dec to mark the beginning of 2021 and pray for the success of farmers cause.

US Congress Members Write to US Secretary of State About Farmers Unrest in India

With the lobbying efforts of Sikh Coordination Committee East Coast (SCCEC), American Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (AGPC) and American Sikh Caucus Committee (ASCC), seven very influential US Members of Congress wrote a strong letter on December 23 to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing serious concerns on the ongoing farmer’s civil unrest in India.

Stand on ‘Missing Saroops’ and Support of SAD(B)’s Control Over SGPC Hit Giani Harpreet Singh’s “Image”

Taking a dig at present incumbent of the Akal Takhat for belittling his august post, the Dal Khalsa said it was painful to note at a function held to mark 100 years of the SGPC that the political authority of the Sikhs was holding the religious authority to ransom.

Rally on Punjab Day to Highlight the Treatment of Punjab as a Colony by India: Dal Khalsa

The Dal Khalsa has decided to organize a rally and march in Amritsar on Punjab Day to highlight how New Delhi through black laws is treating Punjab as its colony, encroaching on state's rights, ruining youth’s lives, looting states river waters in violation of riparian principles beside farmers distress.

Balwinder Singh Bhikhiwind Shot Dead by Unidentified Armed Men

As per media reports, two armed men shot dead Balwinder Singh Bhikhiwind on Friday. Balwinder, 62, who had Leftist leanings, was instrumental to Indian state against Sikh militants during 1980s-90s. He had taken arms from the Indian state and had even erected bunkers on the roof of his house.

Farmers’ Struggle: Right to Price Determination & Freedom of International Trade Should be Demands

In this video S. Malkeet Singh advocates that Right to Price Determination, Right to Natural Resources and Freedom of Commerce & International Trade should be demands of farmers' struggle.

OGC Statement on Ongoing Attempts to Malign the Sikh Sangarsh for Khalistan

On September 9, 2020 Canada based Macdonald-Laurier Institute released a paper titled "Khalistan: A Project of Pakistan" by Terry Milewski. BC Gurdwaras Council and Ontario Gurdwaras Committee has issued a statement in response to this paper, terming it as part of Indian state's propaganda against the Sikh Sangarsh.

Amnesty Releases ‘Investigative Brief’ on Role of Police in Delhi Violence

The Delhi police personnel were complicit and an active participant in the violence that took place in Delhi in February 2020, yet in the last six months not a single investigation has been opened into the human rights violations committed by the Delhi police - before, during and after the violence, said Amnesty International India on Friday (August 28) as it released a new investigative briefing.

A Comparison of China and India’s Statements About Phone Talk of Foreign Ministers

Foreign Ministers of China and India had a telephonic conversation on Wednesday (June 17) in wake of Monday (June 15)’s incident in which 20 Indian soldiers, including a commanding officer, were killed. Media reports say that there were casualties on Chinese side also but China did not release any information in this regard.

GoI’s COVID-19 Lockdown 5 & Unlock 1 New Guidelines To Be Effective From 1st June 2020

Government of India (GoI)'s Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued new guidelines to fight COVID-19 and for phased re-opening of areas outside the Containment Zones, yesterday (May 30).

COVID-19 Masks: Punjab Govt. Has Collected More Than Rs. 1 Crore As Fine

In a press release issued today, the Punjab government said that it has collected more than Rs. 1 Crore as fines from people who were not wearing masks that have been made mandatory by the government in wake of COVID-19.

Sidhu Moosewala Still on the Run to Escape Arrest; 4 Cops Apply for their Anticipatory Bail

Four of the five cops, booked by the Sangrur and Barnala police involving use of arms, including an AK-47 rifle, by singer Sidhu Moosewala have now applied for anticipatory bail before a Sangrur court. Meanwhile Sidhu Moosewala still remains on the run.

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