Sikhs in United Kingdom

UK Sikhs demand statutory code of practice on the 5Ks and Sikh Turban

Sikh organizations of UK recently released “The Sikh Manifesto 2015-2020“. The document is released ahead of general elections for the British parliament. It is considered to be first ...

UK Sikhs release own ‘Manifesto’, Targets 50 seats for British Parliamentary elections

UK's Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, said: “I warmly welcome the Sikh Federation’s ambition to encourage the British Sikh community to engage with politics at all levels and I congratulate the federation for all the hard work it has already done to increase the awareness and importance of social and political activism within the British Sikh community.”

UK Sikhs want separate Ethnic Monitoring of Sikhs [Section 2 of the Sikh Manifesto 2015-2020 (UK)]

Sikh organizations of UK recently released “The Sikh Manifesto 2015-2020“. The document is released ahead of general elections for the British parliament. It is considered to be first ...

More Effective Representation in Parliament [Section 1 of The Sikh Manifesto (UK) 2015-2020]

Sikh organizations of UK recently released "The Sikh Manifesto 2015-2020". The document is released ahead of general elections for the British parliament. It is considered to be first document of it's kind by the Sikh diaspora in England. Sikh Siyasat News has decided to serialize this document for it's readers. Text below is verbatim reproduction of "SECTION 1" (titled: MORE EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT) part of the Sikh Manifesto (pp. 6 to 7 of the original document).

We have given so much, we deserve better. . . [Introduction to the Sikh Manifesto 2015-2020 (UK)]

Sikh organizations of UK recently released "The Sikh Manifesto 2015-2020". The document is released ahead of general elections for the British parliament. It is considered to be first document of it's kind by the Sikh diaspora in England. Sikh Siyasat News has decided to serialize this document for it's readers. Read verbatim reproduction of "Introduction" part of the Sikh Manifesto.

Network of Sikh Organizations pushes BBC for ‘On-Air’ Correction

A release by the Network of Sikh Organisations (NSO) says that the NSO has made a complaint to the BBC following misleading comments made by a guest on BBC Radio 2.

UK: Sikh manifesto campaign targets 50 key seats in bid to shape election

Sikh groups are looking to shape the 2015 General Election result by targeting 50 key seats as part of a major campaign in support of a ten point manifesto.

Sikh Election Manifesto for British Parliamentary elections to be released on Jan. 31

Sikhs in United Kingdom have reportedly prepared "Sikh Election Manifesto" for May 2015 elections for British Parliament.

Leicester’s first free Sikh school proves good ethos is main ingredient for success

Leicester’s first free Sikh school has shown that a good ethos is the main ingredient in creating a successful learning environment.

India’s Republic Day Hypocrisy condemned by Diaspora Sikhs and Kashmiris

As US President Obama today sat through the tedium of Indian Republic Day propaganda in New Delhi, he must have wondered how a state that claims to celebrate freedom and democracy and which aspires to fight the poverty of hundreds of millions can manage to pursue an agenda so absurdly contradictory.

UK Sikh gets compensation over Prison Turban-pin challenge

A Sikh solicitor has won undisclosed compensation after being barred from entering a prison to visit a client because he had pins in his turban.

Sikh Council UK takes note of verdict of Employment Appeal Tribunal on Caste Discrimination

Sikh Council UK took note of an Employment Appeal Tribunal verdict by HJ Langstaff in a caste discrimination case. The Sikh body maintained that the verdict vindicates it's long standing position on ‘descent’ being a more appropriate protected category to be named in the Equality Act 2010.

Attempted murder of Sikh was a racially motivated “terror attack”: Sikh Federation UK

A press release (dated: January 19, 2015) by the Sikh Federation UK says [t]he racially motivated attack last week with a machete and hammer by Zack Davies who was shouting ‘white power’ on a 24-year old Sikh who was simply out shopping in Tesco must be treated as a terror attack.

Parliamentary Questions raised in the UK Parliament with regards to Bhai Gurbaksh Singh and Sikh political prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the hunger strike of Bhai Gurbaksh Singh in India; and if he will make a statement.

Widespread protests by Sikh sangat in support of Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa and Sikh political prisoners

Chandigarh: Sikh organizations, activists and sangat today staged protests in various parts of Punjab, Haryana and else where in Indian subcontinent besides protest demonstrations by ...

Sikh Political Prisoners Issue: FSO to hold protest in London against inaction of Indian government on Jan. 07

After holding a protest outside Indian High Commission in Birmingham on December 30, the Federation of Sikh Organizations (FSO - UK) announced to hold protest in London seeking release of Sikh political prisoners.

Pressure mounts for independent public inquiry into role of Thatcher govt. in Mid-1980s with respect to Sikhs in Britain

The latest disclosure of Cabinet papers from 1985 and information being deliberately withheld is giving new momentum to the British Sikh community in calling for an independent public inquiry into the role of the Thatcher Government in the mid-1980s.

Declassified British Secret documents – revelations from 1985

Reading the various papers, you get the impression that Sikhs in Britain were religious extremists wanting nothing less than the violent overthrew of the Indian state by all means and establishment of a separate Sikh state with no mention of the 1984 ‘Genocide’ acknowledged last week by the Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

Declassified British Secret documents – revelations from November 1984

Last week newly-released files from the Irish National Archives under the 30-year rule have revealed how Margaret Thatcher in November 1984 was paranoid about British Sikhs.

British Secret documents: Information being deliberately withheld by British authorities

The David Cameron government has withheld the release of Punjab-related documents for 1985 and 1986 from a large cache of official documents declassified earlier this week. Four files related to India have been withheld: three from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) listed as ‘temporarily retained’, and one from the Cabinet Office described as ‘retained under section 3(4) of the Public Records Act, 1958.

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