OFMI Launches White House Petition to Reassess Gandhi
On March 6, OFMI launched the following petition: WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO: Publicly reassess Gandhi, President Obama’s admitted hero, as anti-black, anti-woman, and pro-war (title links to whitehouse.gov…
South Asian Americans Petition White House to Reassess Gandhi
Petition to President Obama calls his hero Gandhi “anti-black, anti-woman, pro-war” View and sign petition here: http://wh.gov/pSLY Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 2013 – President Obama often cites Mohandas Gandhi as…
South Asian Faces Animate American Civil Rights Movement at California Capitol
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 24, 2013 – On Tuesday, South Asians partnered with African-Americans and other community leaders to spearhead a new united front in America’s civil rights movement. The January 22…
South Asians and African-Americans to Honor Dr. King’s Legacy at California Capitol
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 19, 2013 – Before he gave his life for the liberties of all people to be free, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared: “An injustice anywhere is a…
Delhi Student’s Rape Mirrors New Delhi Leadership’s Rape of India, say Indian Minorities
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8, 2013 – The murder of Jyoti Singh Pandey, the New Delhi college student who was kidnapped, gang-raped, and died late last month, represents the treatment of…
Indian Minorities Ask California Governor Brown to Reject Indian Consulate Rally
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 5, 2012 – A U.S.-based coalition of minorities of Indian origin asked Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday to cancel his planned appearance at a Sacramento rally intended to…
New Report Reveals Indian Police Encouraged Massacre of Orissan Christians
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8, 2011 – A human rights report released Wednesday concludes that Indian police forces encouraged mobs of Hindu supremacists during the 2008 massacre of Christians in Orissa,…
U.S. Should Deny Visas For Top Indian Police Officers, Says Human Rights Group
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22, 2011 – Indian police seeking entry to the U.S. should be denied visas based on involvement in the practice of torture, said a human rights group…
Gandhi Scholar to Discuss Racism at UM-Flint
FLINT, Michigan, Nov. 15, 2010 – Gandhi expert Col. G. B. Singh (U.S. Army, ret.) will visit the UM-Flint campus on Monday, December 6 for a discussion about allegedly racist…
Khalra Attorney Tours California After Surprise Court Victory
STOCKTON, Nov. 10, 2011 – Rajwinder Bains, the attorney who achieved justice for murdered Punjabi human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, has received a hero’s welcome during a speaking tour…