“The security guards and police officers had no legal justification to apply any force whatsoever to Gagandeep and in doing they committed an assault on his person. The actions of both the security guards and police were reprehensible and unjustified.”…

Jackson Heights, New York, USA: In a press conference and at a separate meeting today in Jackson Heights, police were urged to investigate if the violent assault and robbery on Jasmir Singh last Sunday could be charged as a hate crime.…

Mejindarpal Kaur, Legal Director of UNITED SIKHS commented, “It never gets easier each time we have to assist a victim of hate crime. The crime is horrific and the victim suffers alone both physically and emotionally. UNITED SIKHS will assist…

Representatives from World-Wide Sikh Organizations and Community Leaders Approve Declarations and Recommendations of Pressing Civil Rights Concerns; UNITED SIKHS to Implement Recommendations to Create Global Sikh Agenda and Forum; UNITED SIKHS Releases First Global Sikh Civil Rights Report New York,…

“Under the ICCPR, France may restrict these fundamental rights on only the most compelling grounds, and may do so only so far as absolutely necessary. We submit that France has not made out a compelling case for denying a Sikh…