Sikh NYPD Police Officers with Police Commissioner James O’Neil NEW YORK: On Wednesday, December 28, 2016, the New York City Police Department Commissioner, James O’Neill, announced that in order to continue to make the NYPD as diverse as possible, NYPD would…
Dear Supporter, Now, more than ever, we have to fight for the civil and human rights of our people. Since the November election, safety has become an increasing concern for many of our families. Our safety and religious preferences are…
New York: A California man who’s been unlawfully imprisoned overseas, woke up one step closer to freedom today – but his fate still hangs in the balance. One week after human rights groups stepped up their fight to bring home…
Husband and wife, Bharpoor Singh and Gursharan Jeet Kaur migrated from India to Japan in the 1990s. Bharpoor and his family fled Punjab after he was forced to endure torture and persecution because of his Sikh affiliation. For many years…
New York, NY: Over the summer, our supporters have received information from travellers about taking precautions before they travel. UNITED SIKHS has partnered with The Centers for Disease Control and Management (CDC) is working to educate on “Destination India, ”…
California and New York, USA:According to Voices for Freedom, an international human rights advocacy non-governmental organization, American Sikh is being held without bail and unlawfully in India and others are being threatened with arrest by the Indian authorities. They are targeted…
There can be nothing more comforting after a bitter political campaign than a President-elect that promises to do his best to represent all constituencies. Second to that may be the commitment by voters to the concept that Democracy works because…
Bhai Resham Singh, delegate to the U.S. Democratic Convention for the last 8 years. Bhai Resham Singh is an American citizen, resident of Bakersfield, California. On November 4, 2016 at 9:10pm he was arrested by Indian authorities when he arrived…
On Thursday, October 19, 2016, UNITED SIKHS wrote to the 2016 U.S. Presidential candidates expressing the concern and indignation of the Sikh community at the divisive and senseless rhetoric that has come out of the 2016 political race. The negative…
California: One of the latest attacks and hate crimes perpetrated against Sikhs in the United States occurred on Friday, September 30, 2016. Just days before, another Sikh man was brutally and criminally attacked. In both instances, the motive for the…