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Dated: July 14, 2022<\/p>

Ottawa, Canada<\/p>

This past June,\u00a0 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.\u00a0No one has answered about why the Ottawa police arrested and desecrated the articles of faith of the two Sikh men before releasing them without charges.<\/p>

Despite numerous calls from the Sikh community, MPs and others responsible to maintain order and guarantee freedoms, have not responded and justice has been delayed for over a month.\u00a0 Yet, this is an abominable act that should alarm all Canadians.<\/p>

\u201cSince the incident, nothing is normal anymore; work is affected, and no place is safe \u2013 neither indoor nor outdoors. Being a Sikh activist, this is a huge concern and it\u2019s increasing every day.\u00a0Our families are also concerned. They don\u2019t\u00a0want me to work but I\u2019m helpless as I\u2019m the only bread earner in the family. Due to holidays, the kids are at home, or else they would have been in school. So, the situation could be damaging for them too\u201d said Manveer Singh, who was wrongfully arrested in Ottawa.<\/strong><\/p>

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To date, there has been no appropriate response from high-level officials who are aware of this transgression against\u00a0peaceful protestors and no probe to appropriately deal with the perpetrators of the false prosecution of these Canadian citizens.<\/p>

Last week, UNITED SIKHS and other civil rights NGOs wrote to Canadian MPs. Today, we speak out publicly again to ensure that the Canadian government and the authorities concerned ensure a thorough investigation for at least four significant reasons:<\/p>