Opinion | With India Trade Deal Starmer Takes Free Trade Over Freedom From Foreign Interference
"Starmer is doing just what his Conservative predecessors did; putting trade deals with India above Sikh lives."
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Opinion | With India Trade Deal Starmer Takes Free Trade Over Freedom From Foreign Interference
"Starmer is doing just what his Conservative predecessors did; putting trade deals with India above Sikh lives."
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Opinion | Sikhs Must Stand With All Resistance: From Punjab to Kashmir
"Indian media and politicians manipulate Sikh pain to pull Sikhs into Hindutva jingoism - to turn us into defenders of an empire that once sought to annihilate us."
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Opinion | Who Speaks for Sikh Americans?
"Why are Sikhs having to argue with anyone else, from white academics to Hindu American activists, about how to define our community, our history, and ourselves?"
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Opinion | Harper’s Inflammatory Remarks On Sikh Canadians & India Are Unacceptable
"Harper’s attempt to deflect blame for the current diplomatic tensions onto the Sikh community echoes the Indian government’s long-standing disinformation campaigns."
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As the Canadian govt formally files a notice to intervene in the Supreme Court of Canada’s hearing on Quebec’s Bill 21, a long time demand of advocacy groups, we reshare this piece from Amrit Kaur on how the "secularism" law pushed her out of her home.
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Original Reporting | Ontario's First Sikh-Punjabi Long-Term Care Home Coming To Brampton
"[Niwaas] is a project that has been 20 years in the making, and we finally got it across the finish line."
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Today, Sikhs remember Saka Nakodar 1986. We reshare this article which looks closely at what happened during the police shooting and extrajudicial killing of innocent Sikhs protestors. The loved ones of those murdered are still awaiting justice.
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Original Reporting | India Slammed In Canada’s Foreign Interference Report
"Commissioner Hogue's final report sheds new details about Indian foreign interference in Canada and confirms the Sikh community's long-standing beliefs..."
Read key excerpts here.
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Analysis | Justice, Sovereignty, & Liberation: Sikh Diplomacy At The UN
"[SFI’s] recent success in getting the UNHRC to acknowledge India’s transnational repression of Sikhs marks a crucial step towards [internationalizing our struggle]..."
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SFJ's Gurpatwant Pannun was a guest at the Liberty Ball last night, an official Trump presidential inauguration event.
Pannun was an assassination target of the Indian Intelligence-Criminal Gangs Nexus for his role in organizing a non-binding democratic referendum for Khalistan.
Sikh efforts, including in the Toronto area as seen here, have been successful in getting theatres across the diaspora to remove screenings of Kangana's movie on Indira Gandhi.
Sikh bodies in Punjab & elsewhere have called for boycotts of the film for its Anti-Sikh rhetoric.
As Diljit Dosanjh prepares for an international release of his film on Shaheed Bhai Jaswant Singh Khalra, and as it appears it won't release in India, we reshare this piece asking could India ever allow a movie truly reflecting Khalra's life.
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From the Editors | Baaz Is Now Four Years Old
"When we started, we were asked if this model, which prioritizes the written word and patient content, would work in today's age of algorithms and short attention spans. Well, it did."
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Sikhs are mobilizing humanitarian aid in Los Angeles following devastating wildfires that have impacted the city.
Gurdwaras & Sikh orgs, like Khalsa Aid, have led efforts to provide various supplies to shelters, firefighters, & civilians.
As Canadians react to Chandra Arya bid for the Liberal Party's leadership, we reshare this article on why Arya should've been kicked out of the party for his Anti-Sikh rhetoric & disinfo, including alleging the police are “infiltrated” by Khalistanis.
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DISINFO | No bail has been granted to the four Indians accused of assassinating Hardeep Singh Nijjar. They remain in custody & criminal proceedings continue, sources share.
Canadian law enforcement have shared that an Indian Govt-Organized Crime Nexus is targeting Canadian Sikhs
JJ Singh, who was just elected to the Virginia State House of Delegates, becomes the first turbaned Sikh to serve as a state legislator in United States history, as per SALDEF.
Singh, a former Capitol Hill aide, defeated Republican Ram Venkatachalam in a special election Tues.
Opinion | How Should Sikhs Remember Trudeau?
"His history with Sikhs is a complicated one...However, for all his faults, we cannot forget what he did for the community when he got it right."
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From the Editors | Baaz’s Newsmakers of 2024
The top ten newsmakers from the Sikh and Punjabi diaspora in 2024
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Misinfo & disinfo about Canada & Sikhs "is being amplified by suspected bot accounts on social media and by pro-Modi news outlets in India, raising concerns it could imperil relations between Sikhs and Hindus in Canada," the CBC found in an investigation.
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According to TasteAtlas, Punjab is the 7th best food region in the world. Amritsar, Punjab, is ranked as the 43rd best food city in the world.
Punjabi cuisine and its many dishes are also the major staple of almost every South Asian restaurant, irrespective of country.
Baaz spoke with Dhillon this past summer about her role in fighting for Trilochan Singh Oberoi's right to work as a correctional officer with a beard. The case became a well known civil rights battle in California while Kamala Harris was Attorney General.
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BREAKING | President Trump has appointed Harmeet Dhillon (@pnjaban) as the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Dept of Justice. Harmeet is a "respected member" of the Sikh community, he says.
Dhillon has a history of championing Civil Rights matters for Sikhs.
Evan Rain, 30, & Judith Saulteaux, 30, were arrested & charged with first degree murder in relation to Harshandeep Singh's, 20, death.
Homicide Section detectives continue to investigate what led up to the shooting & are asking anyone with information to contact the EPS.
A Sikh security guard working in Edmonton was shot & killed yesterday morning at an apartment building he was patrolling.
Homicide detectives are investigating the murder.
Videos show the Sikh man trying to de-escalate & walk away as he was threatened with a gun & then shot.
Opinion | It's Time Liberals Booted Chandra Arya Out Of Caucus
"What kind of message are we sending by allowing him to stand & freely spew Anti-Sikh conspiracy theories, cast baseless suspicion on the police, & undermine his own govt’s efforts..."
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UPDATE | Baaz has been informed by multiple CPC sources that the Conservatives didn't oppose the Unanimous Consent Motion.
The only clear objection appears to have come from MP Arya, who has also now publicly admitted to objecting to recognizing the Sikh Genocide motion.
BREAKING | The Liberals attempted to pass a motion to recognize the 1984 Sikh Genocide on Unanimous Consent. It failed as Liberal MP Chandra Arya shouted "no" when it was put to the floor, sources shared. A single objection is enough to defeat a UC motion.
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Lord Rami Ranger has been stripped of his CBE by the King due to his history of harassing journalists and Anti-Sikh comments in the UK.
Baaz had published a piece back in 2022 highlighting his Hindu Nationalist & derogatory statements about Sikhs.
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Original Reporting | It's Hard For Sikhs Not To Keep Noticing MP Lantsman In Some Troubling Ecosystems
"Is there no vetting happening at the CPC of these events for deeply problematic pro-India propagandists or Hindu Nationalists...?"
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