Tag Archives: BRITAIN

Foreign fighters tell us a different story from the trenches

France: Last week, ceremonies were held in Tanzania and Kenya to mark the anniversary of the moment in 1914 when German forces marched into British Kenya, the only German invasion of British territory during the First World War. The government of ...

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Afghan Sikh Leader Trying to Contact Families of the 35 Afghan Stowaways

Afghanistan: A Sikh leader in Afghanistan said today that he was trying to contact families over reports that 35 stowaways found in a shipping container in Britain were from the tiny, persecuted community. Staff at Tilbury Docks near London discovered ...

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Afghan Sikhs: one of the most vulnerable minorities in the world

Kabul, Afghanistan: The Sikhs of Afghanistan are one of the world’s smallest and most vulnerable minorities. Numbering no more than a few hundred families, they have endured persecution both from the Taliban and wider society in a country that is 99 per ...

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Punjabi-origin youths attacked in UK

London, UK: A 23-year-old Punjabiorigin accountant and his friend were brutally assaulted with cricket and baseball bats and tyre irons after ambushing the family outside a popular Indian restaurant in Britain. Preet Panesar suffered a shattered eye-socket after being bludgeoned by ...

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