“The UN Human Rights Committee has made our nine year wait for justice worthwhile, since the French law was passed against religious signs in public schools in 2004. The UNHRC has once again proved to be the beacon of light…

In 2008, UNITED SIKHS lawyers filed a case before the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) on grounds that France had violated, inter alia, the religious freedom of a 17 year old Sikh student, Bikramjit Singh, by expelling him from school,…

Highlights Illinois House Resolution 1193 acknowledges the massacre in Wisconsin was a deplorable act of violence and hate. It acknowledges the American Sikh community’s long standing commitment to the United States. It acknowledges the massacre in Wisconsin, and other racially…

Highlights UNITED SIKHS conducts TSA awareness events at North Carolina airports. Contact UNITED SIKHS to report Hate/bias crime/incident. Know Your Rights Toolkit is available to you here. North Carolina, USA- As TSA celebrated Diversity Day in October, UNITED SIKHS in partnership with…

Teresa Carlson, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Milwaukee office, announced on Tuesday, Nov 20. 2012 that the agency has finished its probe into the Oak Creek, Wisconsin shooting on August 5, 2012, that killed six Sikh worshippers and injured four…

Another Gurdwara targeted Highlights: Another Gurdwara targeted. This time in Norcoss, GA. Update received from community members that a white male scratched parked cars in the Gurdwara premises and when the kids raised an alarm, threw rocks on them. UNITED…

Highlights: UNITED SIKHS leads over 20 meetings advocating for Sikh Civil and Human Rights with members of congress, Government agencies like Department of Justice(Civil Rights Division), FBI, State Department and White house officials Discussions and dialogue revolved around the detrimental…

20th Sep 2012, Washingotn DC: In the aftermath of the violent attack in Oak Creek Gurdwara, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) chaired a monumental hearing yesterday, the first Congressional hearing in recent years on the threat posed by domestic extremists. The historical…