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California, US: Gurmurkh Singh, an undocumented Indian immigrant from Garden Grove, was released from the California City Correctional Center where he had been detained for the past several months facing deportation. Denied political asylum as an activist in the separatist ...

Montreal, Canada:  Quebec’s PartiQuebecois government proposes to ban symbols of religious faith such as Jewish skullcaps, Sikh turbans, Muslim head scarves and large crucifixes from public work places. The proposed ban is part of what the Quebec government calls its “charter ...

Paris, France: The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) concluded that France has violated the religious freedom of 57 year old Shingara Mann Singh when he was asked to remove his turban for his passport photograph. Shingara Singh, a French national ...

London, UK: Sikh Council is set to receive £60,000 grant for outreach programme to help destitute victims of traffickers and people smugglers return home. The Sikh Council UK has been awarded a £60,000 grant for an outreach programme to help ...