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Sikh Coalition trains TSA employees on Sikhi and Sikh air travelers’ rights

Earlier this week, the Sikh Coalition trained over 100 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees, including security officers, on Sikhism and Sikh air travelers’ rights during the screening process. The organization’s Operations Manager Balbir Singh and Legal Fellow, Attorney Katie Mallon conducted eight in-person training sessions over two days at Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C. These trainings were also available through a live webcast and recorded to be used as part of a nationwide TSA webinar.

SNP leader gives backing to Sikh manifesto at meeting with Sikh Federation (UK)

The Sikh Federation (UK) and representatives of the Sikh community from Glasgow and Edinburgh met earlier this week in Edinburgh with Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister in Scotland and the Scottish National Party Leader to discuss the Sikh Manifesto.

US citizen Ravinderjit Singh Gogi is a political prisoner who is being tortured in India, says family in California

U.S. citizen Ravinderjit Singh Gogi remains indefinitely detained in India after spending two months behinds bars without seeing a judge, but just two days after seven U.S. Congressional representatives wrote to the State Department on his behalf, officials from the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi finally visited the American citizen imprisoned in Ludhiana, a major city in India’s Punjab state.

MPP Jagmeet Singh is new deputy leader of Ontario NDP

MPP Jagmeet Singh is appointed as new deputy leader of Ontario NDP. It’s the first time in more than a decade Ontario’s NDP Caucus has had a deputy leader.

Indian state want to gain control of Darbar Sahib through UNESCO World Heritage status: Dal Khalsa UK

Dal Khalsa UK firmly opposes the proposal for UNESCO World Heritage Status/Site (WHS) for the Sri Harmandar Sahib Complex & Sri Akal Takht Sahib our supreme authority.The Sri Harmandar Sahib Complex being granted WHS would mean that the Central Government of Hindutva India would own the site & have full control over all aspects of the complex,including who comes in & what the conditions would be.

Walk to Feed: United Sikhs seeks support the Good Will Walk in Malaysia

United Sikhs (Malaysia) recently (on April 17) a media launch of its Good Will Walk to create awareness about food poverty and to collect food and funds for the first Malaysian Food Bank. A team of ten committed walkers will be joined by celebrities, the general public, members of the Malaysian Armed Forces and other NGOs in the 750 km Good Will Walk from Kampung Wang Kerian, Perlis to Melaka.

Sikh bodies honor the US Attorney General Eric Holder with a Sewa (Service) Award

The Sikh community represented by the Guru Gobind Singh Foundation (GGSF) of Rockville, Maryland and National Sikh Center (NSC) of Washington, D.C. honored the Attorney General of the United States, Eric Holder, with a Siropa (a robe of honor) and a Sewa Service Award. Seven members of the Guru Gobind Singh Foundation were present during this ceremony at the headquarters of the Department of Justice in the nation’s capital.

New Film “Struggle to Serve” documents Sikh Religious discrimination in USA: The Sikh Coalition

The Sikh Coalition has released (on YouTube) The Struggle To Serve – a short documentary encapsulating our ambitious six-year campaign to end discrimination by the U.S. Department of Defense, the largest employer in America.

Screening of Nanak Shah Fakir film stopped in UK, posters removed from Cinema Halls

In yet another set-back for the makers of Nanak Shah Fakir movie the Cinema halls showing the controversial film in England have decided to drop the film.

Sikh groups release Nanakshahi calendar in Frankfurt (Germany)

Frankfurt: Local committee of Gurudwara Sikh Center Frankfurt organized a Gurmat Samagam dedicated to ‘Khalsa Pragat Dihara’ in which Sikh from various places participated in ...

Europe: No screenings of Nanak Shah Fakir movie as Sikhs reject and oppose it

Film-maker Harinder Sikka’s claims regarding worldwide success of controversial movie Nanak Shah Fakir are now proved to be fake. Reports from across the globe suggest that the movie has been rejected and opposed by the global Sikh community, including the Sikh diaspora sections.

California State Assembly Recognizes Responsibility of the Government of India in the 1984 Genocide of Sikhs

In an historic and unprecedented move, the California State Assembly has recognized the responsibility of the Indian government in the rape, torture and murder of thousands of Sikhs across India in November 1984. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 34 (ACR 34), co-authored by Sacramento area assemblymembers Jim Cooper (pictured to the lef), Kevin McCarty, Jim Gallagher and Ken Cooley, states “government and law enforcement officials organized, participated in, and failed to intervene to prevent the killings.”

Slough Sikhs oppose screening of Nanak Shah Fakir film; Movie fails to trigger response

The screening of Nanak Shah Fakir film was opposed by a number of Sikhs at Slough. The movie was being screened by Empire Cinema and a groups of Sikhs held a peaceful protest outside the cinema to register their protest against the screening of the controversial movie, which violates established tenets of the Nanak Shah Fakir film.

Slough Sikhs to protest against screening of Nanak Shah Fakir movie outside Empire Cinema

Sikh sangat from Slough has reportedly planned a protest against screening of Nanak Shah Fakir movie in city’s Empire Cinema.

Commit on Sikh Manifesto for continued support from Sikh voters: Sikh Fed UK to Labour

Many Sikhs are saying Labour has taken the Sikh vote for granted for far too long and the Labour leadership is holding back in making promises. With 20 days left over half of Sikh voters remain undecided in who they will back.

Family of U.S. Citizen Imprisoned in India Appeals to Congressman Jerry McNerney

Eight family members of Ravinderjit Singh Gogi, a U.S. citizen imprisoned in India for the past two months, met the man’s congressional representative on Wednesday afternoon to plead for U.S. Congress to demand Gogi’s release and return to the United States.

“Sikh Freedom Rally”: Canadian Sikhs delivered message to Narendra Modi with first step in Canada

A group of Sikhs attended "Sikh Freedom Rally" on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's arrival this afternoon at McDonald Cartier International Airport (Canada Reception Center Hanger 11) Ottawa.

Sikhs of Connecticut running Vasakhi Campaign

The Vaisakhi campaign was run by "Sikh Sewak Society International" all over CT mainly focused in Norwich and Newlondon County area in which they rented bus shelters locations by Lamar Company to educate fellow Americans about Sikhism and Vasakhi.

1500 Schools Across the United States Know it’s Vasakhi Today!

UNITED SIKHS seeks blessings and extends good wishes to the Sikh community during this auspicious time of Vasakhi. On this Vasakhi, we pledge to protect your rights. Vasakhi reminds us to choose love over duty, as the Panj Pyaare did in 1699, and as we at UNITED SIKHS have tried to do this past year.

Harinder Sikka holds premier show of Nanak Shah Fakir in London, Birmingham; Opposition multiplie

It is notable that portrayal of Sikh Gurus is strictly prohibited under the Sikh tradition and Harinder Sikka’s movie has violates well established Sikh tenets by portraying Guru Nanak Ji, Bebi Nanaki Ji and Bhai Mardana Ji.

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