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Malaysia’s largest interfaith group warns it’ll take lawsuits to United Nations if need be http://news.malaysia.msn.com/malaysia-news/malaysia%E2%80%99s-largest-interfaith-group-warns-it%E2%80%99ll-take-lawsuits-to-united-nations-if-need-be Lawyer Jagir Singh said the Malaysian...

United Nations asked to probe killings of Sikhs in Punjab By Parmjit Singh http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2013/07/07/unitednations-asked-to-probe-killings-of-sikhs-in-punjab/ London, United Kingdom (July 06, 2013): Khalsa Human Rights, the human rights wing of the Sikh Federation (UK), has...

Sikhs Win School Turban Ban Case Against France in the United Nations Human Rights Committee By HAINDER SINGH Published: December 15, 2012 http://www.sikhsiyasat.net/2012/12/15/sikhs-win-school-turban-ban-case-against-france-in-the-united-nations-human-rights-committee/ Paris...

July 5, 2011 Nations finally agree on GM food labelling Sarah Schmidt, Postmedia News: Tuesday, July 5, 2011 1:35 PM OTTAWA — The countries of the world ended two decades of bickering Tuesday when they agreed to guidelines for genetically modified food labelling. The United Nations...

Religion may become extinct in nine nations, study says By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News, Dallas http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12811197 A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say...

Formal Launch of Global Sikh Civil & Human Rights Report at United Nations Church Center, New York: Press Conference/ Expert Panel Speakers March 28, 2011 1pm Please RSVP for the Event: Details Provided Below New York, NY: UNITED SIKHS would like to invite you to the release of the 3rd Annual...

CHANDIGARH: To commemorate the Universal Human Right Day, On December 10, 2010, All India Sikhs Students Federation (AISSF) and Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) will launch “SIKH INSAAF LEHAR” an international campaign under the patronage of Sri Akal Takhat Sahib, to collect signatures on “1503...

By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News Poor countries as well as rich should look to cut carbon emissions, says Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed. Continuing to equate the need to develop with the right to emit carbon dioxide is, he says, "quite silly". Mr Nasheed was speaking...

Indian Power and the United Nations World Politics Review Richard Gowan - 15 Nov 2010 President Barack Obama won fans in New Delhi last week with his call for India to take a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. But while the president explicitly endorsed India as an "emerged"...

To: UN High Commissioner for Human RightsFrom: Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, Legal advisor to Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) Re: Genocidal Events of November 1984 in India. Sub: Intervene On Behalf 30,000 Sikhs Murdered In November 1984 By Congress Party Of India. Date: November...

By Tim Townsend St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS (RNS) In 2003, Norman Gershman was looking for some of the righteous. What he found astonished the investment banker-turned-photographer, and led him toward a project now on display in a St. Louis synagogue. The Righteous Among Nations...

India loses stand, face at UN forum World is no more ready to listen to pernicious Indian stand that caste cannot be equated with Racism It was high time that the world took notice of discrimination by birth...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A U.S. government panel listed 13 countries Friday as "egregious" violators of religious freedom. Homeless Pakistani Christians protest last month in Islamabad for protection of Christian minorities. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom's annual report...

Voices For Freedom writes to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Wednesday 7th of February 2007 Louise Arbour New York, NY - Voices For Freedom has written to the President of the...

Yuba City hosts nation's largest Sikh celebration (KESQ) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11ia47mub/*http%3A//www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=4077649 Array Sat, 05 Nov 2005 21:04:25 GMT YUBA CITY, Calif. More than 60-thousand members of the Sikh faith from across...

Middle East nations urged Israel and Palestinian leaders Tuesday to end their conflict for the sake of peace in the region while Malaysia called for greater efforts to disassociate Islam and Muslims from terrorism, at the inaugural Asia-Middle East dialogue in Singapore...

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All Africa News Agency Thalif Deen At The UN United Nations The United Nations says there is a significant rise in religious extremism and intolerance throughout the world. "No religion is free from extremism," declares Abdelfattah Amor, the UN's Special Rapporteur on Religious Intolerance...