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Source: Sikh24.com TILBURY, UK (August 19, 2014)—Tests on the body of an immigrant found dead inside a cargo container have failed to establish how he died. Thirteen children aged as young as one were among the Afghan Sikhs rescued from the shipping container on Saturday. Members of the 35-strong group found screaming and banging after… Continue reading Tilbury Sikh Immigrant Death Test Draws Blank

Source: Oye Times Written by Afsheen Shafiq A man has been held by police in Northern Ireland over the suspicion of manslaughter of a man found dead in a shipping container at Tilbury Docks on Saturday. The 34-year-old man, from Limavady, was arrested on Tuesday in Banbridge over death of a man and facilitating illegal… Continue reading Limavady man held over Afghan Sikh’s shipping container death

Source: Hindustan Times A Sikh leader in Afghanistan said on Monday that he was trying to contact families over reports that 35 stowaways found in a shipping container in Britain were from the tiny, persecuted community. “I am urgently seeking more information,” Rawel Singh, a prominent leader of Afghanistan’s Sikh community, told AFP. Rawel, vice-president… Continue reading We are treated badly by Afghan people: Afghanistan’s Sikh leader

Source:  Sikh 24 .com British Sikh campaigners say the arrival of Sikh Afghan civilians at the UK’s Tilbury Docks in a container (east side of London) represents a potent example of continuing and chronic jihadi persecution of minority communities in Afghanistan. British Sikh campaigners are urging the British Prime Minister to match his rhetoric on fighting… Continue reading 35 Afghan Sikh Arrivals in UK Are Victims of Jihadi Persecution, Says Jagdeesh Singh

Source: Tolo In a country where the overwhelming population is Muslim and the state religion is Islam, members of non-Muslim minority communities in Afghanistan face issues of harassment, poverty, unemployment, education deficits and forced conversion. After years in exile during the Taliban regime, many Hindus and Sikhs returned to Afghanistan with high hopes but years… Continue reading Hindus, Sikhs Suffer as Marginalized Minorities

Source: Press Trust of India Frustrated at being discriminated in their home country, Hindus and Sikhs here feel they have been treated “like a football” between India and Afghanistan, as they hope the Indian government will bail them out. Seeing followers of religions other than Islam is a rare sight here but some Sikhs and… Continue reading Hindus, Sikhs in Afghanistan feel neglected, discriminated

Source: Khaama Press A Hindu Afghan was was for the first time appointed as the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The Afghanistan embassy in Canada following a statement said the newly appointed ambassador Sham Lall Bathija, presented his Letters of Credence to His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief… Continue reading First Afghan Hindu appointed Afghanistan’s special envoy