Category: ICHRA

Dated: July 14, 2022 Ottawa, Canada This past June,  two innocent and prominent Canadian Sikh men were wrongfully arrested during a peaceful annual rally for the 1984 Genocide Remeberance that led from Parliament Hill to the Supreme Court in Ottawa, Canada. No one has answered about why the Ottawa police arrested and desecrated the articles of… Continue reading Two-canadian-sikhs-wrongfully-arrested-in-ottawa-demand-justice

The advocacy division of UNITED SIKHS has reached out to the Prime Minister of Canada. Farmers in India are enduring government-initiated violence, intimidation through arrests on made-up charges and police harassment for several months now. The Indian government has also deployed cell phone jammers, cut internet services and barricaded the protest sites in an attempt to… Continue reading Letter To Prime Minister Of Canada

United Sikhs Launch Multi-dimensional Strategy To Remove Canada’s Ban On Religious Symbols   United Nations-Associated Humanitarian NGO UNITED SIKHS Continues To Lead Advocacy OTTAWA, CANADA — UNITED SIKHS welcomes the news that Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, has moved forward the approval of asylum and resettlement for Afghan refugees. These… Continue reading United Sikhs Launch Multi-dimensional Strategy To Remove Canada’s Ban On Religious Symbols

United Sikhs Launch Multi-dimensional Strategy To Remove Canada’s Ban On Religious Symbols Quebec, Canada — In response to the passage of a new secularism law, which prohibits public civil servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols at their workplace, UNITED SIKHS today launched a plan to formally remove the ban. Citing human rights violations,… Continue reading United Sikhs Launch Multi-dimensional Strategy To Remove Canada’s Ban On Religious Symbols

UNITED SIKHS Applauds Canadian Government Action to Remove “Sikh” Terrorism from Canadian Public Safety Report But Calls For Further Action #AskCanadianSikhs #SikhsAreNotAThreat April 16, 2019 Toronto, Canada : 2018 Public Report on the Terrorist Threat to Canada modifies derogatory and inaccurate language from its initial report. To begin with there was no merit, justification or qualification for… Continue reading I AM NOT A LABEL : I AM A SIKH-CANADIAN

Parliament Members Submit Petitions Signed by Thousands of Canadians Supporting Asylum OTTAWA, CANADA – UNITED SIKHS this week announced a call to action in the House of Commons alongside several members of Parliament to address the increasingly desperate plight of religious minorities in Afghanistan. After gaining the support of several policy stakeholders, including MPs Garnett Genuis,… Continue reading UNITED SIKHS CALLS UPON CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER, HOUSE OF COMMONS TO PROCESS ASYLUM FOR AFGHAN MINORITIES UNDER PERSECUTION

Courtesy: www.torontosun.com   Calgary, Canada: The Sikh community in Calgary, Canada is shocked that last Thursday their place of worship was vandalized by graffiti depicting a swastika, which is generally associated with symbols of racial hatred. UNITED SIKHS has reached out to the local authorities and requested an increase in police presence around Gurdwaras in the… Continue reading HATE CRIMES ON THE RISE: SIKH GURDWARA VANDALIZED WITH HATE MESSAGE

Random Police Stops(Carding) Have Impacted Sikh Community In Canada   Together with the partnership of Carleton University and UNITED SIKHS, we have begun an ambitious project to understand how Random Police Stops (carding) have impacted our Sikh community. It is well known that minorities in Canada are stopped by the police more often, including our… Continue reading Random Police Stops(Carding) Have Impacted Sikh Community In Canada

Sikh Leaders Advocate for Civil and Human Rights Issues! Highlights: UNITED SIKHS organizes the First Canadian Sikh Summit held in Ottawa, Canada. View pictures here Please support our advocacy work so we can continue to fight for all minority civil and human rights globally. Ottawa, Canada: Sikhs from all parts of Canada gathered together to meet with the… Continue reading FIRST CANADIAN SIKH SUMMIT A SUCCESS

Highlights: Four Canadian Sikhs were refused the right to wear their kirpans at the National Assembly in Quebec.  Click here for more information in a previous press release.   We are calling on the Sikh community to stand strong and show their support by signing this petition for the right to wear kirpan in Quebec   Act… Continue reading show-your-solidarity-for-the-right-to-wear-kirpan-in-quebec-by-signing-this-petition