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…

Sikh Organizations Alarmed at Lack of Consultation or Prior briefing Washington DC – The Transportation Security Administration ( TSA ) held a belated briefing yesterday on the revised procedures of screening head coverings at US airports after Sikh organizations including…

Queens, New York:  The recent incident pertaining to the Sikh boy’s hair being forcibly cut by a fellow-student, at Newton High Schoool, Elmhurst, Queens, NY, came as a shock to the Sikh community.   To express dismay and to convey concern…

On 11th June 2007, UNITED SIKHS lawyers will file a legal challenge to the French law banning the wearing of the turban on ID document photos. The case, before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, will be…

New York City, New York: The New York Police Department, in response to UNITED SIKHS’ intervention, has charged a 36 year old New Yorker, Anthony Bryant, with Hate Crime Offences in relation to an incident last October, after initially treating…