New York, NY: The first public hearing on the Uniform Anti-Discrimination bill (Intro 577) was held in City Hall yesterday, chaired by Joseph Addabbo. A new law proposed by this Bill would allow all uniformed city agencies to exempt an…

New York, NY- Members of the American Sikh Consultative Forum (ASCF), which was formed recently to raise Sikh issues collectively with New York City Agencies, will turn up in full force at City Hall tomorrow (Thursday) to testify in support…

New York City, USA: The American Sikh Consultative Forum (ASCF) submitted on Wednesday a memorandum to New York City Agencies seeking redress on issues faced by Sikhs living in New York City. The memorandum was handed at a meeting between representatives…

Paris—Two more French Sikh students were not allowed to wear their turban in two separate schools which opened for the new academic year this week, making them this year’s ‘victims’ of the French law that bans ostensible religious symbols and…

UNITED SIKHS urges Bloomberg to Step-up awareness training New York City—UNITED SIKHS has urged Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City to step up awareness training for law enforcement and other public agencies to ensure that the humiliating experience of…

Report a Hate Crime Incident: http://virsag.co.uk/1/hate_crime/hatecrime.html London—The Metropolitan Police admitted that the Sikh community is particularly vulnerable to backlash crimes in the aftermath of the London bombings because of their visibility and that this is a police concern. “Please be aware…

Hate Crime Incident report facility set up at: https://unitedsikhs.org/hatecrime/ London—The Sikh community will meet the Metropolitan police at New Scotland Yard tomorrow (Tuesday) to seek the stepping up of security measures to protect the Sikh community and its Gurdwaras from the…