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Dated March 15, 2022 New York, NY Recently, we wrote to a California School seeking to expunge a child’s disciplinary record and we succeeded! We did so because we, with everyday deeds, and the help of our volunteers,…

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Struggle to Bring Afghan Refugees to Safety

UNITED SIKHSFebruary 16, 2022

Help Resettle Afghan Minority Refugees A Group of Refugees Arriving in the next Month The last few months have been part of a gruelling and amazing journey for our International Civil and Human Rights Advocacy Team to start resetting…

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UNITED SIKHS condemn Karnataka Hijab Ban, Files complaint with Indian National Human Rights Commission

UNITED SIKHSFebruary 13, 2022

New Delhi, India UNITED SIKHS stands with up for Muslim girls and women who are being forced to choose between wearing hijab (veil) while receiving education in the schools. The hijab is worn globally by Muslim women in public…

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Mexico Offers Asylum to 141 Afghan Minority Refugees

UNITED SIKHSFebruary 5, 2022

We are pleased to announce after many months of intense legal advocacy by UNITED SIKHS International Civil and Human Rights Advocacy team, we have secured asylum for 141 preselected Afghan minority refugees displaced by the conflict in Afghanistan. The…

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UNITED SIKHS Condemns gang rape and torture of 20-year-old Sikligar daughter: writes to Indian National Human Rights Commission

UNITED SIKHSJanuary 31, 2022

January 31, 2022 New Delhi On January 26, 2022, a young Sikh female, aged 20, was brutally gangraped. She was physically, sexually, and mentally assaulted, and dragged across the streets of Kasturba Nagar, New Delhi. Her only crime was refusing…

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UNITED SIKHS Commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King’s Legacy

UNITED SIKHSJanuary 27, 2022

January 17, 2022 New York, NY Each year UNITED SIKHS and the people of the United States commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King on the third Monday in January. We republish one of our staff’s favorite Reverend Martin…

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UNITED SIKHS and Civil Rights Community Hope Bicameral Letter Will End Disparate Treatment of Black Migrants in the U.S.

UNITED SIKHSJanuary 14, 2022

January 14, 2022 New York, NY UNITED SIKHS joined the civil rights communities today to call on U.S. Congress Members to sign on to a letter urging President Biden to ensure that black immigrants are not treated inhumanely. The…

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SECRET UK RULE CHANGES ATTEMPT TO DEPRIVE BRITISH NATIONALS OF CITIZENSHIP WITH ZERO NOTICE

UNITED SIKHSDecember 30, 2021

Dated: 2 January, 2021 London, United Kingdom Last month, the UK government, citing national security and other broad but largely vague interests, has moved to implement rule changes to the British Nationality Act of 1981 that attempt to strip…

ICHRA Press Release Sikh AID

“It’s Heartbreaking. We Cremated both Parents” – Jaspal Singh

UNITED SIKHSDecember 14, 2021

Jasdev Singh answered the phone with a hello but little else could be heard. He sent a WhatsApp message saying “Can we please speak tomorrow. I am traveling by train at the moment.” The next day when Jasdev Singh answered…

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UNITED SIKHS is excited to celebrate the United Nations International Human Rights Day, commemorated annually on the 10th of December.

UNITED SIKHSDecember 10, 2021

The International Human Rights Day marks the day the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. This landmark Declaration explains the rights all individuals in member states are entitled to, which are inalienable “regardless…

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