Editorial: First Asian in U.S. Congress Was a Sikh Inspired by Civil Rights Principles

Dalip Singh Saund spoke against “coddling kings and dictators and protecting the status quo”

The same year the United States passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, an immigrant in California achieved the triple honor of becoming the first Asian, … Read More

Protests Anticipated as Indian PM Modi Plans California Visit

“The Butcher of Gujarat in the USA is unsettling,” say NRI minorities

SAN JOSE, CA: July 25, 2015 — “Mr. Narendra Modi was deemed the Butcher of Gujarat after his state-sponsored genocide… killed thousands of Muslims,” warned activist Jada Bernard … Read More

Hunger-Striker Surat Singh Khalsa Rearrested Despite Worldwide Support

LUDHIANA, PUNJAB: July 22, 2015 — As a delegation of senior officials representing the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party in Punjab, India toured North America to woo diaspora … Read More

U.S. Congresswoman Lofgren Recognizes Sikh Genocide and Indian Political Prisoners

Logren requests Congress ask for release of Surat Singh Khalsa and remember victims of 1984 genocide

Washington, DC: June 6, 2015 — In remarks delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 3, the 31st anniversary of a disastrous … Read More

India Arrests Hunger-Striking U.S. Resident Days After Congress Objected

Surat Singh Khalsa, of California, detained despite congressional support

Sacramento, CA: June 1, 2015 — Children of a California man on hunger-strike in India report their father, who has refused to eat for the past four months in demand for … Read More

U.S. Congress Warns India on Hunger-Striker Surat Singh Khalsa

Cause of Indian political prisoners reaches U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry

San Jose, CA: May 29, 2015 — Six California congressional representatives issued a letter to United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday asking him to take … Read More

Sikhs and Christians Rally in Sacramento for Dying Indian Hunger-Striker

“He starves himself because he himself is starving for justice,” say demonstrators

Sacramento, CA: May 26, 2015 — Genocide against minorities in India was a front-row topic at a Sacramento rally held on Friday in support of a dying hunger-striker.

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Mulnivasis and Christians Link Arms With Sikhs to Warn U.S. Congressman About Persecution in India

“What impacts one minority group in India impacts them all,” explains Anglican priest

Roseville, CA: May. 12, 2015 – Community leaders from Sikh, Christian, and Mulnivasi communities in Northern California met privately with Congressman Tom McClintock (R-Roseville) last week to … Read More

Plight of India’s Minorities a Focus at Town Hall for California Congressman McClintock

Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA) earned appreciation from perhaps a broader audience than he expected when he held a community town hall at the Roseville Sikh Gurdwara on Tuesday, May 5 to discuss federal issues with local constituents.Read More

NRI minorities disavow Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera as he begins second term

Rights group calls CA rep’s reelection “a defeat for religious liberty and a victory for genocide”

ELK GROVE, CA: Jan. 3, 2015 – When Ami Bera (D-Elk Grove) renews his oath of office on January 6, the only Indian-American serving … Read More