US retailer forced to Withdraw Offensive Use of Sikh religious insignia
US retailer forced to Withdraw Offensive Use of Sikh religious insignia @ www.punjabnewsline.com
LONDON: An online retailer based in the USA has been forced, by community pressure, to withdraw its
designs which...
Forced Conversions and Racial Discrimination in Pak: Sikhs protest UN inaction.
PunjabNewsline.com - Forced Conversions and Racial Discrimination in Pak: Sikhs protest UN inaction
PATIALA: Sikhs held protests, against United Nations’ inaction to stop continued forced conversion of...
BBC's Sonia Deol is forced off Facebook by Sikhs furious over TV film
BBC's Sonia Deol is forced off Facebook by Sikhs furious over TV film | Mail Online
A BBC News presenter has been subjected to a deluge of personal abuse after fronting a documentary about one of the most controversial...
Indian Parliament forced to discuss Genocide of Sikhs
New Revelation: CBI has asked for govt nod to prosecute Tytler, Sajjan Kumar
NEW DELHI: Shamed into making a statement on the floor of the Parliament after an...
Forced to wed: 'They think they're doing what's best for the child'
Rescue in Punjab shows disturbing tradition is alive in Canada
Raveena Aulakh Staff Reporter...
The issue of forced marriages has been traditionally treated with hesitation by governments, for fear of offending cultural sensitivities.
But more information about the nature of forced marriages and a clearer understanding of cultural values has brought the subject under governmental...
A TEENAGE Sikh girl was today being guarded by police amid claims she had been forced to convert to Islam.
An armed gang smashed their way into a house in Erdington last month and threatened the occupants, apparently in search of the girl.
She was reported missing from her family home in...
A Newtown High School student was charged with a hate crime after he and another teenager allegedly cut the hair of a Sikh student at the Elmhurst school, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Friday.
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Camp coffee forced to change label by the PC brigade (Evening Standard)
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1 arrested in Sikh boy's forced haircut issue
Date: 08/24/2006
News Source: http://www.timesnow.tv
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Up in arms in the Lok Sabha too
A...
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October 6, 2005
British Government Considers Banning Forced Marriages
The British government is considering a proposal to ban forced marriages, making clerics, imams, and parents liable for prosecution. The proposal comes in response to...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4214308.stm
Forced marriage 'could be banned'
Parents who coerce their children into forced marriages could face prosecution under proposals unveiled by ministers.
Currently families who compel their children to marry can be charged only with offences like...
Bloomington, After an especially rough last few weeks, the Norbu family that established the Tibetan Cultural Center sat down Monday morning to offer their perspectives on the issues surrounding the near foreclosure of the debt-strapped institution...
Jasvinder Sanghera ran away from home at the age of 15 to escape a forced marriage to someone she had never met. She lived in cars and bedsits after hiding for eight years for fear of reprisals from her Sikh family...
http://www.theherald.co.uk/31788.shtml
Shining a light on unknown women forced into marriage
The Herald, UK - 10 hours ago
... marriages. Among those at the conference was a 54 year–old Sikh woman who was born in India and moved to Glasgow with her parents. ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4172167.stm
Forced marriage fears in Punjab
BBC News, UK - 4 hours ago
By Khushwant Ahluwalia. For 21-year-old Sikh woman Rupneet Kaur (not her real name), the New Year finally brought some hope. On 5 ...
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