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15 Year Hunger-Striker Irom Sharmila: “Repeal India’s AFSPA or I Die of Starvation”

:dateline:“What I really want from the world is their voice against this draconian law,” says the Iron Lady of Manipur, Irom Sharmila, in a filmed statement delivered after the 15th anniversary of...

India Charges American Sikhs With Sedition For Attending Religious Summit

:dateline:After mass arrests of organizers and participants in a Sikh religious summit hosted in Punjab, India, authorities have filed sedition charges against several, including four American Sikhs.A North American Sikh summit representing...

Indian Police Mass Arrest Sikh Media, Clergy, Politicians After Global Sikh Convocation

International Sikh community demands release of all, warning the Indian government wants control over their religion:dateline:The preventative detention on November 11 of several key Sikh leaders by Indian police at the conclusion...

Canada Appoints First Sikh Defence Minister While Winding Down Middle-East Combat

“We hope Minister Sajjan’s appointment coincides with a non-interventionist foreign policy,” says Bhajan Singh :dateline:After Canada’s Liberal Party rode to victory, newly-minted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed Sikh veteran Harjit Singh Sajjan as...

Indian Parliament Will Consider Criminalizing Religious Liberty

:dateline:Two members of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced they will introduce bills in their respective houses of parliament to criminalize religious conversion without government approval.“The bill will advocate for a...

US Congress’ Sikh Caucus “Greatly Concerned” By Violence Against “Peaceful Sikh Protestors”

Congressmen ask U.S. Secretary of State to advocate for rights to “practice religion free from violence”:dateline:On the eve of the 31st anniversary of the 1984 Sikh Genocide, the co-chairs of the American-Sikh...

Christian Priest Warns Unrest in Punjab “Eerily Familiar” to 1984 Sikh Genocide Circumstances

"Pray, fervently, for Punjab," pleads priest, calling on U.S. officials to "give a voice to those who don’t have one":dateline:The following is a statement on ongoing tensions in Punjab, India by Fr. Joshua...

Christian Church Prays for Peace in Punjab During Unrest

"People are getting beat up, and hurt, and a few have been killed," says priestFather Joshua Lickter, whose Christian church in California, USA, regularly prays for persecuted religious minorities in India, brought...

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