OFMI Launches White House Petition to Reassess Gandhi

On March 6, OFMI launched the following petition:

WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:

Publicly reassess Gandhi, President Obama’s admitted hero, as anti-black, anti-woman, and pro-war (title links to whitehouse.gov petition site)

Gandhi rejected essential human ideals that all are … Read More

South Asian Americans Petition White House to Reassess Gandhi

Petition to President Obama calls his hero Gandhi “anti-black, anti-woman, pro-war”

View and sign petition here: http://wh.gov/pSLY

Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 2013 – President Obama often cites Mohandas Gandhi as his hero. At times, he has called him “an inspiration” … Read More

South Asian Faces Animate American Civil Rights Movement at California Capitol

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 24, 2013 – On Tuesday, South Asians partnered with African-Americans and other community leaders to spearhead a new united front in America’s civil rights movement. The January 22 event, “Justice Rising: A Rally for Universal Human Dignity,” was … Read More

South Asians and African-Americans to Honor Dr. King’s Legacy at California Capitol

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 19, 2013 – Before he gave his life for the liberties of all people to be free, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared: “An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” On Tuesday, South Asian community leaders … Read More

Delhi Student’s Rape Mirrors New Delhi Leadership’s Rape of India, say Indian Minorities

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8, 2013 – The murder of Jyoti Singh Pandey, the New Delhi college student who was kidnapped, gang-raped, and died late last month, represents the treatment of India by its politicians, said a human rights group for … Read More

Indian Minorities Ask California Governor Brown to Reject Indian Consulate Rally

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 5, 2012 – A U.S.-based coalition of minorities of Indian origin asked Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday to cancel his planned appearance at a Sacramento rally intended to honor the victims of the Wisconsin Sikh Temple shooting. The … Read More

New Report Reveals Indian Police Encouraged Massacre of Orissan Christians 

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8, 2011 – A human rights report released Wednesday concludes that Indian police forces encouraged mobs of Hindu supremacists during the 2008 massacre of Christians in Orissa, India.

Published by National People’s Tribunal (NPT), a human rights … Read More

U.S. Should Deny Visas For Top Indian Police Officers, Says Human Rights Group

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22, 2011 – Indian police seeking entry to the U.S. should be denied visas based on involvement in the practice of torture, said a human rights group on Tuesday, citing its new report claiming torture is all … Read More

Gandhi Scholar to Discuss Racism at UM-Flint

FLINT, Michigan, Nov. 15, 2010 – Gandhi expert Col. G. B. Singh (U.S. Army, ret.) will visit the UM-Flint campus on Monday, December 6 for a discussion about allegedly racist behavior of Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi. The event was organized … Read More

Khalra Attorney Tours California After Surprise Court Victory

STOCKTON, Nov. 10, 2011 – Rajwinder Bains, the attorney who achieved justice for murdered Punjabi human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, has received a hero’s welcome during a speaking tour in California.

Jaswant Singh Khalra was a human rights activist … Read More