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US Federal court dismissed Human rights law suit against Punjab CM Badal on technical grounds 18 May 2013 | 11:41 am  Wisconsin, United States (May 19, 2013): It is learnt that the United States district court of Eastern district of Wisconsin has dismissed the case filed by a New York based human rights body ‘Sikhs for Justice’, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) led by Simranjeet Singh Mann and others against the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Parkash Singh Badal
It is notable that the case was filed on August 8, 2012 when the Chief Minister was on visit to Wisconsin, United States. Petitioners had held Badal responsible for overlooking torture and other human rights violations.
According to information, the District Judge Lynn Adelman... - | US: Text books spotted terming Sikhs as “terrorists”; Sikh Coalition initiates action 18 May 2013 | 11:25 am  New York, United States (May 18, 2013): The Sikh Coalition has sought the help of Sikhs in United States to create a “Most Wanted” list of offending textbook manufacturers. According to an alert issued by the NGO (Sikh Coalition) a school girl Jaslin Kaur said: “In my world history class, I read that Sikhs are terrorists”.
A copy of text book terming Sikhs as terrorists [Source: Sikh Coalition]
“Can you imagine your child coming home to tell you that she learned that her religious community, her family, her sangat, were labeled as terrorists in her textbook?”, the Sikh Coalition has asked.
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Justice Markandey Katju appeals for Prof. Bhullar; Points out legal flaws of case, opposes execution 18 May 2013 | 1:24 am  New Delhi, India (May 18, 2013): It is learnt that the Press Council of India (PCI) chairperson Justice Markandey Katju has written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking pardon for Professor Devender Pal Singh Bhullar whose execution was cleared by Supreme Court of India on April 12 despite substantial and procedural legal flaws. A copy of petition submitted by Justice (retd.) Markandey Katju has been accessed by Sikh Siyasat News (and it’s reproduced below this post).
J. Katju said that Bhullar has been in detention since his arrival in India in January 1995 i.e. over 18 years and added that he... - | Australia’s Bauer Media apologises for offensive article about Nihang Sikh in Porn Magazine 18 May 2013 | 12:22 am  Perth, Australia (May 18, 2013): As per a community alert (dtd. May 17, 2013) issued by an NGO named United Sikhs: “Bauer Media Ltd, a large media company, has this week apologised and expressed regret to United Sikhs for any offence felt by any member of the Sikh community by the publication of an article and photograph of a Nihang Sikh in their porn magazine in January this year”.
“This apology was expressed in an agreement mediated by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), following a complaint filed by United Sikhs”, the alert reads further.
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Australian Porn Mag Apologises to Sikh Community for Offensive 'Turban Legend' Article 17 May 2013 | 11:49 am Bauer Media makes out of court settlement with United Sikhs over a photo of a Nihang Sikh in lad’s mag The Picture. - |
Include Hindus and Sikhs among hate crime victims: Attorney General Eric Holder 16 May 2013 | 6:35 pm Meeting one of the long-pending demands of Sikhs and Hindus in the US, attorney general Eric Holder has recommended widening the FBI's mandate to include the two communities among victims of growing hate crimes. - |
US justice dept supports Sikhs, Hindus as hate crime victims 16 May 2013 | 6:55 am Meeting one of the long pending demands of Sikhs and Hindus in the United States, Attorney General Eric Holder has recommended widening the Federal Bureau of Investigation's mandate to include the two communities among victims of growing hate crimes. Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Holder said he made this recommendation to the Advisory Policy Board of the FBI to ... - |
Efforts to decrease hate crimes against Sikhs in USA 15 May 2013 | 10:26 am Amritsar, May 15 (ANI): In an effort to decrease the increasing hate crime against Sikhs in the United State of America, the American Sikh Congressional Caucus (ASCC) requested congressmen to sign its first act "hate crime statistics against Sikhs". - |
Reading and Wokingham Sikhs celebrate Vaisakhi 9 May 2013 | 3:18 am Hundreds of Sikhs paraded through Reading as they celebrated the festival of Vaisakhi on Sunday. - |
Sikhs unite against Sajjan 7 May 2013 | 2:30 pm India, May 8 -- The Sikh rally held at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday was possibly the largest gathering of Sikhs in the Capital.They had gathered to protest the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case by a Delhi court on April 30.The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (DSGPC) and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC) had mobilised Sikhs from Delhi ... - |
Saturday, May 18, 2013 SORAT'H, FIFTH MEHL: Sing the Glorious Praises of the Perfect, Imperishable Lord, and the poison of sexual desire and anger shall be burnt away. You shall cross over the awesome, arduous ocean of fire, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. || 1 || The Perfect Guru has dispelled the darkness of doubt. Remember God with love and devotion; He is near at hand. || Pause || Drink in the sublime essence, the treasure of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and your mind and body shall remain satisfied. The Transcendent Lord is totally permeating and pervading everywhere; where would He come from, and where would He go? || 2 || One whose mind is filled with the Lord, is a person of meditation, penance, self-restraint and spiritual wisdom, and a knower of reality. The Gurmukh obtains the jewel of the Naam; his efforts come to perfect fruition. || 3 || All his struggles, sufferings and pains are dispelled, and the noose of death is cut away from him. Says Nanak, God has extended His Mercy, and so his mind and body blossom forth. || 4 || 12 || 23 ||
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