Pennsylvania, USA: As per a release by US based civil rights organization, United Sikhs, [l]ast year, the George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Pennsylvania USA refused to allow an elderly Sikh gentleman to visit his son, a United States Military Veteran, without removing his turban. He had already successfully passed the security check, but was then asked by the guards to ...

Amritsar, Punjab: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has asked International Basketball Federation (FIBA) to let Sikh players wear ‘patka’ in international matches and not ban the headgear. In a press release issued here on Friday, SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar again criticised Fiba for not permitting India under-18 player Anmol Singh to compete in Asian Basketball Championship that was on ...

London, UK: The Sikh families found in a shipping container in Britain were fleeing persecution in Afghanistan and had been trapped in darkness without fresh air for 18 hours, their translator said Monday. The group, discovered at Tilbury Docks, east of London, feared they would have all died had they remained inside for a further 20 minutes, said Kamaljit Singh Mataharu, ...

Ontario, Canada: Motorcycle-riding Sikhs in Ontario will not be exempted from the province’s helmet law, Premier Kathleen Wynne has decided. The Canadian Sikh Association says it received a letter last week from Wynne stating the Liberal government, for safety reasons, will not allow Sikh motorcycle riders to wear only turbans as British Columbia and Manitoba currently allow. “After careful deliberation, ...

Casalmaggioge, Italy: The invitation of the Sikh community and the issuer Casalmaggiore Sikh Channel The Sikh hope that their ‘Feast of the Turban’, scheduled for Sunday, September 7, from 0:30 to Park Bodana sticks, can participate in “numerous citizens of other creeds and nationalities.” The purpose of the event, explained, “is just to make aware the ‘other’ of everything that makes us ...