Queens, New York – At a meeting convened last week for the Sikh community, by New York City Assemblyman, Rory Lancman, the Port Authority has agreed to provide prayer facilities for Sikhs at the John F Kennedy Airport in New…

Queens, New York – A Grand Jury filed an indictment today against Umair Ahmed, a 17 year old schoolboy, for forcibly cutting a 15 year old Sikh schoolboy’s hair, accusing him of 9 charges, including coercion and menacing as a hate…

New York City, New York: Anthony Bryant, a 36 year old New Yorker, was sentenced to do community service for 10 days and ordered to make restitution for damages caused to Mr Avtar Singh Dhanjal’s car, after he pleaded guilty…

Washington DC – Discrimination against Sikhs in the workplace has not subsided since its rapid increase in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) figures disclosed recently. In fact, complaints to the EEOC…

TSA Acting Special Counselor Reassures UNITED SIKHS about Increased Turban Screening at US Airports Washington DC – UNITED SIKHS was contacted yesterday by the Transportation Security Administration’s ( TSA ) Acting Special Counselor, Kimberley Walton, who said that the TSA is keen to…

Whilst US airports increase Turban screening London , UK – The Department of Transport UK has confirmed to UNITED SIKHS that there is no change in the existing procedures for screening Turban wearing Sikhs at UK airports. As before, if…