Day: August 19, 2014

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