Paris—UNITED SIKHS has submitted to the President of the French National Assembly, Jean-Louis Debré, its representations to the Law Review Commission which will shortly review the law which banned the wearing of articles of faith, including the Sikh turban in…
Paris—A delegation comprising members of the French Action Committee for the Sikh Turban and UNITED SIKHS had a hectic schedule last week meeting the French government, lawyers for the French Turban litigation and Members of the European Parliament, to advance…
UNITED SIKHS Meets with an Array of Organizations UNITED SIKHS Legal Director Harpreet Singh was invited to attend meetings with the following organizations: 1. US Commission on Religious Freedom 2. Helsinki Commission, an organisation that monitors human rights, security and…
22 April 2005 9th Vaisakh (Samvat 537 Nanakshahi) Last December’s tsunami disaster killed more than 280,000 people. The coasts of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar and Somalia were devastated. Homes, schools, shops, bridges and roads were washed…
Melun (Outskirts of Paris), France A French administrative court in Melun today upheld the expulsion of three Sikh school children for wearing a Turban on grounds that the Turban made them instantly recognisable as Sikhs. ‘According to the law, the…
Batticaloa, Sri Lanka A total of 55 families affected by the Tsunami have been selected to return to their village tomorrow (Monday), whilst more than 400 families wait to find out their fate. A total of 55 UNHCR tents have…
Batticaloa, Sri Lanka The UNITED SIKHS team in Sri Lanka has been celebrating Vasakhi with the Tsunami affected people in the village of Navaladdy, Batticaloa, by distributing sweets and playing fireworks with the children in the camps. ‘The fireworks did…
Gurbaxpuri The “United Sikhs”, an NGO working in the USA and the UK has adopted Sri Guru Angad Dev College, Khadoor Sahib, for development of the college’s infrastructure. The NGO has donated five computer systems and also given scholarships to…
Campbell Bay, Indian Ocean—A shipment of 72 boxes (2 tons), 7 large bundles and 10 containers reached Campbell bay yesterday. The ship was routed through Port Blair. Harbhajan Singh, a New Delhi-based team member of the UNITED SIKHS GHANAIA Tsunami…
Westchester County, New York—Despite 15 year old Amandeep Singh’s exemplary academic and disciplinary records, he was suspended from his New York state Greenburgh Central School last month when the Kirpan he has been wearing to school for 7 years was…