カテゴリー: Sikhism
Canadian politician, poet, an India MP and journalists are among 120 accounts that have been withheldTwitter has been accused of bowing to government pressure in India by blocking scores of prominent journalists, politicians and activists from its plat…
Barriers also removed from high commissioner’s residence after Sikhs protest at Indian mission in LondonNew Delhi has reduced security outside the British high commission and the high commissioner’s residence in the Indian capital, removing the usual y…
Shutdown imposed as part of search for Amritpal Singh Sandhu, accused of disrupting communal harmonyEconomic life in the north Indian state of Punjab has been paralysed by an internet shutdown, affecting 30 million people, imposed as part of a huge man…
Sunak’s government has refused to echo assertion that Jagtar Singh Johal is being arbitrarily detainedRishi Sunak and the Foreign Office appear to be scaling back the UK’s support for Jagtar Singh Johal, the British Sikh activist held in an Indian jail…
Labour raises questions in the Commons over Johnson’s alleged actions as foreign secretary in the case of activist Jagtar Singh JohalLabour has accused Boris Johnson of authorising the sharing of intelligence that led to the imprisonment and alleged to…
Lawyers for Jagtar Singh Johal say he was given electric shocks after unlawful arrest in Punjab in 2017A British Sikh campaigner is facing a possible death sentence after the UK intelligence services passed on information about him to the Indian author…
For many refugees who fled to India decades ago, the Taliban’s ascent in Afghanistan has dashed hopes of them ever being able to return homeThey call it little Kabul and it’s not hard to see why. In this lively corner of south Delhi, the streets of Laj…
Nearly 140 parliamentarians warn trumped-up charges could result in death penalty for Jagtar Singh JohalNearly 140 MPs and peers have written to Dominic Raab urging him to do more to secure the release of a young Sikh man facing the death penalty in In…
My colleagues reporting on alleged police violence at farmers’ protests have fallen foul of Modi’s governmentThe protests against farm laws that were hurriedly passed by the Indian government in September pose the most severe challenge to Prime Ministe…
Isis gunmen held hostages for hours while Afghan special forces tried to end siegeGunmen and suicide bombers have killed at least 25 worshippers, including women and children, and injured many others in an early morning attack on a Sikh Gurdwara in the…