Browsing Tag: Rights

Kirpan Allowed in Australian State of Queensland

Sikh Nishkam Society of Australia announces that the wonderful seva and effort they made in having the Kirpan passed in the Australian state of Queensland have borne fruit.
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Bearded Sikh Finally Allowed to Work in Calif. Prison

“I feel like a soldier who has finished a long battle,” a jubilant Oberoi told India-West. “I do understand that for any organization to change their system takes years and years, and I did my best to patiently try to win over the system,” said the 65-year-old veteran Indian naval officer.
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California Sikh Barred from Job Over Beard Settles

California has settled a lawsuit filed by a Sikh man who was barred from becoming a prison guard because he refused to shave his beard, officials said Thursday.
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Tawakkol Karman, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee win Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 was awarded Friday to three influential women from Africa and the Middle East, a decision intended to draw attention to the suppression of women’s rights around the world and spur their fight for greater equality in male-dominated societies.
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Sikh Feminists Mark Historic Toronto Meeting

Sikh women gathered in Toronto last weekend to hold the first ever Sikh Feminist Conference.
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Youth Voices Stand Up Against Child Marriage

One in seven girls in developing countries is married before her 15th birthday—often to a man twice her age or older. Decisions about if and when to marry a girl are often made without her input, and sometimes without her knowledge. Child marriage puts girls, some as young as seven or eight, at risk of problems that will impact the rest of their lives.
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Turban Issue in Holland

As the coalition agreement of the Cabinet, "Freedom and responsibility," says, The equality of all people is central to the government and people are not judged by their origins. The government include all citizens of our country in similar circumstances and are treated equally.
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California sued over requiring Sikh inmate to cut beard

It said that the requirement violated the man's right "to practice his religion" under the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLIUPA). In the Sikh religion, which originated in northwestern India, unshorn hair is an article of faith. The Department said..."...substantially burdens the rights of an inmate to practice his Sikh faith. "
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Canadian Hindu Advocacy Group Spreading Hatred Towards Sikhs and Muslims (OP-ED)

Ron Banerjee of The Canadian Hindu Advocacy group is conveniently riding the wave of anti-Sikh hysteria being perpetuated by current ideological and political views of the Bloc Quebecios.
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We don't need freedom of religion (OP-ED)

A culture and legal system that respects freedom of expression, freedom of association and assembly, and freedom of conscience, and that doesn't interfere with what people are doing so long as they are not harming others, will necessarily be a culture and legal system in which people are free to worship as they want.
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