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1 Oct 2013, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
All of this generated a Justice Department investigation and a revision of county non-discrimination policy. [read post]
22 Mar 2012, 3:00 am by Ted Folkman
Indira GandhiThe case of the day is Sikhs for Justice v. [read post]
25 Aug 2007, 2:37 pm
Yesterday's San Diego Union-Tribune says that the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund has contacted the Justice Department's Community Relations Service to ask them to mediate. [read post]
Pannun is reported to be general counsel for Sikhs for Justice, a US-based group that advocates for the secession of Punjab—where Sikhs are the religious majority—from India to form the state of “Khalistan. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Department of Justice announced yesterday that it has filed a RLUIPA lawsuit against the state of California and its prison system after concluding that the state's inmate grooming policy violates the rights of a Sikh prisoner. [read post]
2 Sep 2007, 2:30 am
On Friday, the ACLU of Texas announced that it had filed suit in state court under the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act on behalf of Amardeep Singh, a member of the Sikh faith. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 10:03 am
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Tuesday sued [press release] the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) [official website] for unfairly disciplining Sikh inmate Sukhjinder Basra for refusing to trim his beard. [read post]
18 Sep 2023, 4:46 pm by William Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
There is currently an unofficial global referendum organized by the US-based Sikhs for Justice group asking whether Sikhs want an independent Punjab. [read post]
14 Apr 2009, 12:20 am
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division had also begun an investigation into the matter. [read post]
23 May 2011, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
The Tribunal also upheld a National Offender Management Service ban on staff wearing the Kirpan in prisons, except for Sikh prison chaplains. [read post]
14 Sep 2017, 12:49 pm by Eugene Volokh
Sikh men wave banners at a protest organized by Sikhs For Justice at Washington’s Lafayette Square Park in 2014. [read post]
22 Nov 2006, 5:12 am
Department of Homeland Security, in cooperation with the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), distributed a poster to 8,700 government facilities to inform security personnel and airport screeners about the Kirpan, a dagger worn by practicing Sikhs that represents the principle of upholding justice. [read post]
22 Nov 2006, 5:12 am
Department of Homeland Security, in cooperation with the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), distributed a poster to 8,700 government facilities to inform security personnel and airport screeners about the Kirpan, a dagger worn by practicing Sikhs that represents the principle of upholding justice. [read post]
19 Jun 2024, 2:17 pm by Eugene Volokh
"Nikhil Gupta will now face justice in an American courtroom for his involvement in an alleged plot, directed by an employee of the Indian government, to target and assassinate a U.S. citizen for his support of the Sikh separatist movement in India…. [read post]