Conference Challenges India’s “Dehumanizing” Belief System

Stockton, CA: July 15, 2015 — When he took the stage at University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA to speak to a diverse audience of Indian diaspora and concerned … Read More

Irom Sharmila’s Fiancé on Torture, AFSPA, and Surat Singh Khalsa

OFMI: This is Steve Macias with the Organization for Minorities of India, and today we have a very special guest, the fiancé of the longest held political prisoner in India today, who’s been called the participant of the world’s longest … Read More

Irom Sharmila’s Fiance: “They do wish to kill her”

Steve Macias, Organization for Minorities of India, interviews Irom Chanu Sharmilla’s fiancé Desmond Coutinho as he struggles to see the one he loves suffer through the agony of force-feeding, police brutality, and an endless cycle of prison sentences.Read More

U.S. Congresswoman Lofgren Recognizes Sikh Genocide and Indian Political Prisoners

Logren requests Congress ask for release of Surat Singh Khalsa and remember victims of 1984 genocide

Washington, DC: June 6, 2015 — In remarks delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 3, the 31st anniversary of a disastrous … Read More

India Arrests Hunger-Striking U.S. Resident Days After Congress Objected

Surat Singh Khalsa, of California, detained despite congressional support

Sacramento, CA: June 1, 2015 — Children of a California man on hunger-strike in India report their father, who has refused to eat for the past four months in demand for … Read More

Plight of Political Prisoners in India Inspires May 22 Rally at California State Capitol

Californian Communities Unite Behind Indian Minorities Who Are “Hungry for Justice”

Sacramento, CA: May 20, 2015 – South Asian diaspora will unite with community organizers and state legislators in California to rally at 3:30pm on May 22 outside the State … Read More

Texan Sikhs Appeal to Congress to Speak for Maverick Activist on Hunger-Strike in India

Racial discrimination suspected after congressional staff repeatedly refuse to be pictured with American Sikhs

Houston, TX: May 18, 2015 – The cause of a determined Californian on the 123rd day — as of Monday — of a hunger-strike in India … Read More

Family of Hunger-Striker Surat Singh Khalsa to Rally in His Honor at California State Capitol

“Victims of genocide are still suffering unjustly as political prisoners in Indian jails,” says South Asian activist

Sacramento, CA: May 17, 2015 – South Asian diaspora plan to rally for Surat Singh Khalsa, a permanent resident of California on hunger-strike … Read More

Daughter of Hunger-Striking Surat Singh Khalsa Visits California Congressional Offices

Members of Human Rights Commission and Sikh Caucus asked to speak in recognition of Khalsa

San Jose, CA: May 15, 2015 – A delegation joined Devinderdeep Kaur Sran on Wednesday to appeal to four U.S. congressional representatives to speak in … Read More

After Two Months Indefinite Detention in India, U.S. Citizen Released Without Charges

Ravinder Singh Gogi returns to the side of his hunger-striking father, Surat Singh Khalsa.

After two months in an Indian jail, charged under a preventive law for visiting his father in the hospital, U.S. citizen Ravinderjit Singh Gogi was released from indefinite detention in India on Monday, just two weeks after formal appeals from seven United States congressional representatives.Read More