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Gurpreet Singh: Jailed Indian academic G.N. Saibaba wins support from human rights activists in Canada

There are growing concerns for a Delhi University professor who is locked up in jail despite being ninety percent disabled below the waist.

Gurpreet Singh: From Kalyanpuri to Kathua, how the Indian state has been complicit in blatant use of rape as a weapon

The shocking rape and murder of eight-year-old Asifa Bano has caused outrage around the world.

Gurpreet Singh: Demonstration against the murder of a Dalit boy in Punjab held in Surrey

The rally was held outside Khanna Banquet Hall in Surrey.

Gurpreet Singh: Director of film on anti-Sikh massacre wins national award and calls it a victory for justice seekers

When the Sun Didn't Rise is based on interviews with survivors of the violence and orphaned children who have grown into drug addicts because of a lack of support.

Gurpreet Singh: Komagata Maru campaigner supports demand for papal apology over residential schools

Sahib Thind of the Professor Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation would like the pontiff to follow the example of Sikh clergy in India, who revised their position on Komagata Maru...

Gurpreet Singh: Surrey Vaisakhi parade organizers make history by recognizing Indigenous lands

Young activist Moninder Singh insists that Sikhs must never side with the oppressors and tyrants, so therefore it's the right thing to do to stand up for Indigenous peoples who...

Gurpreet Singh: Modi government and its apologists have no moral right to grumble over the "sacrilege" of Indian flag

Though it is understandable that people can be sensitive about national flags, one can argue that this response is completely hypocritical, considering some recent developments in...

Gurpreet Singh: Surrey Vaisakhi parade draws attention to murder of eight-year-old Muslim girl named Asifa

Although her relatives and activists followed the whole episode closely when she was raped and killed in January, the issue has only recently received international attention.

Gurpreet Singh: Visiting Indian human rights activist Teesta Setalvad meets B.C. premier John Horgan

As a journalist, Setalvad covered three horrific Indian human rights outrages in 1984 (against Sikhs), 1992 and 1993 (against Muslims), and 2002 (against Muslims).

Gurpreet Singh: Nations once inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi have now gone to their killers

Gandhi greatly inspired MLK, who led the peaceful civil disobedience movement against segregationist laws while remaining a strong critic of violence.