DHS Scraps Nationality Based Profiling In Screening Policy UNITED SIKHS Applauds the Step; Concerns Remain on Continued Profiling of Sikhs April 2, 2010, Washington, D.C.: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced new measures to strengthen aviation security. These new…
Oregon Governor Signs Legislation Ending 87-year-old Ban on Religious Dress for Public School Teachers Sikh Advocacy Organizations Join Together to End the Ban on Sikh Teachers in Oregon After almost of year of campaigning, SALDEF, UNITED SIKHS, and the Sikh…
The campaign undertaken by UNITED SIKHS and other Sikh organizations to get Sikhs counted and disaggregated correctly has received overwhelming support from community leaders and members of the Sikh community. We urge all Sikhs, as an ethnic group in the…
Washington, D.C.: The Office of Robert Groves, Director, Census Bureau responded to the petition to disaggregate Sikhs correctly in Census 2010 and future Census products. The petition was submitted in the first week of February by UNITED SIKHS cosigned by 60…
UNITED SIKHS Calls on Pakistan to Secure Safety of Minorities as 2 Sikhs are Rescued from the Taliban Sikh Community Relieved as Two Sikhs Freed from Taliban Captivity, Sadly After One is Beheaded UNITED SIKHS appeals for help to rehabilitate…
UNITED SIKHS Appeals for Concrete Action to Protect Minority Communities in the Region Peshawar, PAKISTAN: Jaspal Singh, a resident of Peshawar, was brutally beheaded by Pakistan Taliban. He was one of three Sikhs abducted by the Taliban approximately 41 days…
Brooklyn, NY: UNITED SIKHS is providing urgent legal advocacy services and serving Langgar (traditional Sikh community hot meals) to Haitian families in NYC impacted by the earthquake and to Haitian repatriates who have arrived in the US. Legal assistance is…
Washington, D.C.: UNITED SIKHS will be submitting a petition on behalf of Sikh Americans to ask the US Census Bureau to disaggregate Sikhs correctly in the 2010 Census and on future Census products this Thursday. Supporters of the petition include Minority…
New York, NY, USA: In an effort to be correctly counted by the 2010 United States Census, UNITED SIKHS is urging organizations and individuals to sign a petition for Sikhs to be counted correctly. With a sizable presence spanning the…
New York, NY: Harpreet Singh, Esq., former Legal Director of UNITED SIKHS recently joined the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service as the Regional Director of Region III. The Staff and Volunteers at UNITED SIKHS wish him all the best…