Australia: A HUSBAND and wife will spend nine months in jail for attacking a Sikh taxi driver in Darwin who was racially abused, punched and had his turban ripped off his head. Justice Stephen Southwood sentenced Angeline Kim Sollitt, 44, and ...
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NDP MPS PARTICIPATE IN SOLIDARITY SOCCER GAMES ACROSS CANADA
Ottawa, Canada: With the Quebec Soccer Federation’s recent decision to lift its ban on turbans, NDP MPs adorned patkas and turbans as they joined solidarity soccer games throughout Canada. In Edmonton, one day after the Quebec Soccer Federation lifted its ...
Read More »Sikh Students Now Wear Turban to Indian Catholic School
Baramulla, Kashmir, India:10th June 2012: Turbaned Sikh students have been attending classes for the last fortnight following their earlier exclusion for wearing their turban at the St Joseph’s Higher Secondary School in Baramulla, 50 km from the State Capital, Srinagar. ...
Read More »Sikh man loses Garda High Court court challenge to turban decision
Ireland: A member of the Irish Sikh community has lost a High Court challenge to a Garda decision not to allow those training for the Garda Reserve to wear a turban while on duty. Ravinder Singh Oberoi completed the first three ...
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