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Rohingya crisis: Sikh volunteers reach Bangladesh-Myanmar border to provide langar to refugees
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Aussie Sikhs join in Rohingya protest
IP Singh | TNN | Sep 8, 2017, 09:59 IST
Agitators asked Australian govt to intervene to end Myanmar crisis
JALANDHAR: Sikhs living in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday joined the local Rohingya community protesting against the genocide of their Muslim brethren in Myanmar.
Both communities also urged the Australian government to pressurize Myanmar government to stop the persecution of Rohingya Muslims.
The local Sikh participants said they would join another protest on Saturday which is scheduled to be held in front of the state library in Melbourne city to support the minorities Muslim Rohingyas.
They also joined other protesters while handing over a memorandum to the office of the Australian Foreign Affairs ministry.
Manveer Singh Khalsa, who addressed the gathering, said the Australian government should intervene in Myanmar where the Rohingya Muslims were being forced to flee.
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During the formation of Pakistan Sikhs were killed by the Muslims even then here Sikhs are supporting Rohjinghyas( Muslims) for humanitarian ground. Sikhs living in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday... Read MoreH P P
Ravi Inder Singh, member of the Miri Piri Gurdwara managing committee in Australia, said the community members would participate in future protests also.
"We condemn discrimination against any community and will continue raising voice against ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya community by security forces of Myanmar," he said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-in-rohingya-protest/articleshow/60419321.cms
IP Singh | TNN | Sep 8, 2017, 09:59 IST
Agitators asked Australian govt to intervene to end Myanmar crisis
JALANDHAR: Sikhs living in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday joined the local Rohingya community protesting against the genocide of their Muslim brethren in Myanmar.
Both communities also urged the Australian government to pressurize Myanmar government to stop the persecution of Rohingya Muslims.
The local Sikh participants said they would join another protest on Saturday which is scheduled to be held in front of the state library in Melbourne city to support the minorities Muslim Rohingyas.
They also joined other protesters while handing over a memorandum to the office of the Australian Foreign Affairs ministry.
Manveer Singh Khalsa, who addressed the gathering, said the Australian government should intervene in Myanmar where the Rohingya Muslims were being forced to flee.
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During the formation of Pakistan Sikhs were killed by the Muslims even then here Sikhs are supporting Rohjinghyas( Muslims) for humanitarian ground. Sikhs living in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday... Read MoreH P P
Ravi Inder Singh, member of the Miri Piri Gurdwara managing committee in Australia, said the community members would participate in future protests also.
"We condemn discrimination against any community and will continue raising voice against ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya community by security forces of Myanmar," he said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-in-rohingya-protest/articleshow/60419321.cms
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Sikh group hits out at Indian state for it's selective and biased policy on refugees.
https://sikhsiyasat.net/2017/09/11/sikh-group-hits-indian-state-selective-biased-policy-refugees/
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/dal-khalsas-plea-to-suu-kyi-on-rohingya/article19638019.ece
Dal Khalsa’s plea to Suu Kyi on Rohingya
Special Correspondent
CHANDIGARH, September 07, 2017 21:20 IST
Updated: September 07, 2017 21:20 IST
Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh gestures during an interview at the Dal Khalsa office in Amritsar on May 28, 2014. | Photo Credit: AFP
The Dal Khalsa, a Sikh organisation, has demanded that Myanmar’s State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi take immediate action to resolve the humanitarian crisis engulfing the Rohingya community.
The Dal Khalsa, in an open letter to her, has expressed concern over the alleged killings of Rohingya Muslims in the restive Rakhine State of Myanmar.
“The violence against the Muslim minority community has shocked us. It is appalling because the woman we knew believed cooperation and dialogue [non-violent tools] as the effective methods of conflict resolution. Regrettably, the alleged killings have battered the reputation of the Nobel Peace prize winner,” said Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh.
“As an organisation fighting for Sikh rights, the Dal Khalsa has always considered you [Aung San Suu Kyi] as a source of moral courage and steadfastness and supported your commitment to continue to fight for human rights,” he said.
“The people, the groups who admired you, supported you and voiced your cause are disappointed and disheartened the way Rohingya Muslims are being treated in an inhuman way,” he added.
“The situation cries for your urgent attention. The responsibility rests on you to resolve the humanitarian crisis engulfing the Muslim Rohingya minority and affecting the geopolitics of South Asia,” said Mr. Singh.
https://sikhsiyasat.net/2017/09/11/sikh-group-hits-indian-state-selective-biased-policy-refugees/
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/dal-khalsas-plea-to-suu-kyi-on-rohingya/article19638019.ece
Dal Khalsa’s plea to Suu Kyi on Rohingya
Special Correspondent CHANDIGARH, September 07, 2017 21:20 IST
Updated: September 07, 2017 21:20 IST
Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh gestures during an interview at the Dal Khalsa office in Amritsar on May 28, 2014. | Photo Credit: AFP
The Dal Khalsa, a Sikh organisation, has demanded that Myanmar’s State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi take immediate action to resolve the humanitarian crisis engulfing the Rohingya community.
The Dal Khalsa, in an open letter to her, has expressed concern over the alleged killings of Rohingya Muslims in the restive Rakhine State of Myanmar.
“The violence against the Muslim minority community has shocked us. It is appalling because the woman we knew believed cooperation and dialogue [non-violent tools] as the effective methods of conflict resolution. Regrettably, the alleged killings have battered the reputation of the Nobel Peace prize winner,” said Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh.
“As an organisation fighting for Sikh rights, the Dal Khalsa has always considered you [Aung San Suu Kyi] as a source of moral courage and steadfastness and supported your commitment to continue to fight for human rights,” he said.
“The people, the groups who admired you, supported you and voiced your cause are disappointed and disheartened the way Rohingya Muslims are being treated in an inhuman way,” he added.
“The situation cries for your urgent attention. The responsibility rests on you to resolve the humanitarian crisis engulfing the Muslim Rohingya minority and affecting the geopolitics of South Asia,” said Mr. Singh.
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Sikh Volunteers Feed Thousands of Rohingya Refugees Langar in Bangladesh.
Volunteers from the UK-based International humanitarian relief Sikh organisation, Khalsa Aid, made it to the Bangladesh-Myanmar border to provide relief to lakhs of Rohingyas.
by Jovita Aranha about 2 hours ago
The Rohingya Crisis is at its peak, as thousands of refugees struggle for a place to lay their head and a meal a day to feed their kids. Deemed the “most persecuted minority group in the world”, by the United Nations, the Rohingyas are a stateless group of people in western Myanmar, who have faced brutal assaults from the Burmese state and military.
After the crackdown, lakhs of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar have rushed into Bangladesh and neighbouring countries for refuge.
Even as all hope seems to have spiralled away for these Rohingya Muslim families, volunteers from the UK-based International humanitarian relief Sikh organisation, Khalsa Aid, made it to the Bangladesh-Myanmar border to provide relief to lakhs of them.
Khalsa Aid managing director, Amarpreet Singh, who is in the border town of Teknaf in Bangladesh, revealed to the Indian Express that the condition at the refugee camps is “miserable to say the least”.
On the first day itself, the team came prepared with enough resources to provide relief to over 50,000 people. But they were in for a shock when they realised the number is over three lakh refugees in the town.
Most of the families are living without basic amenities like water, food or shelter.
“They are sitting wherever they can find a corner. It is raining, but people do not have anywhere to go. It is miserable. We will be providing them langar food (community kitchen) and shelter. We are arranging tarpaulins but since the number of refugees has overwhelmingly exceeded our preparations, it can some time to make arrangements,” he told the Indian Express.
He also mentioned the each of the massive camps at Teknaf is crowded beyond capacity. A camp that can accommodate 50,000 people has over one lakh refugees in it. But these number will not deter the volunteers from the task at hand, he believes.
A Khalsa Aid volunteer from Jammu & Kashmir, Jeevanjyot Singh, narrates how refugees fleeing Myanmar reached Teknaf. Some families walked through thick jungles in Myanmar, crossed the border using boats and resumed the journey for shelter on foot yet again, taking over ten days with no proper food or water.
“They are in dire need of food and water,” he said.
The border town of Teknaf is almost 10 hours away from Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, where the volunteers are travelling to get ingredients to prepare langar. Despite low connectivity issues and rains threatening to disrupt work, the volunteers are going the extra mile to provide food to the maximum people at the earliest.
“We are committed to run langar here till the crisis is not over. The priority is not to let anyone sleep without food,” said Amarpreet.
He also shared that another team of Khalsa Aid volunteers is set to reach Teknaf in coming days to further the relief operations.
We salute the spirit of these volunteers for their efforts who are working day & night for the Rohingyas selflessly. One can only hope this grave humanitarian crisis comes to an end.
You can help raise funds for the relief operations here.
https://www.thebetterindia.com/115338/rohingya-refugees-sikh-khalsa-aid/
Volunteers from the UK-based International humanitarian relief Sikh organisation, Khalsa Aid, made it to the Bangladesh-Myanmar border to provide relief to lakhs of Rohingyas.
by Jovita Aranha about 2 hours ago
The Rohingya Crisis is at its peak, as thousands of refugees struggle for a place to lay their head and a meal a day to feed their kids. Deemed the “most persecuted minority group in the world”, by the United Nations, the Rohingyas are a stateless group of people in western Myanmar, who have faced brutal assaults from the Burmese state and military.
After the crackdown, lakhs of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar have rushed into Bangladesh and neighbouring countries for refuge.
Even as all hope seems to have spiralled away for these Rohingya Muslim families, volunteers from the UK-based International humanitarian relief Sikh organisation, Khalsa Aid, made it to the Bangladesh-Myanmar border to provide relief to lakhs of them.
Khalsa Aid managing director, Amarpreet Singh, who is in the border town of Teknaf in Bangladesh, revealed to the Indian Express that the condition at the refugee camps is “miserable to say the least”.
On the first day itself, the team came prepared with enough resources to provide relief to over 50,000 people. But they were in for a shock when they realised the number is over three lakh refugees in the town.
Most of the families are living without basic amenities like water, food or shelter.
“They are sitting wherever they can find a corner. It is raining, but people do not have anywhere to go. It is miserable. We will be providing them langar food (community kitchen) and shelter. We are arranging tarpaulins but since the number of refugees has overwhelmingly exceeded our preparations, it can some time to make arrangements,” he told the Indian Express.
He also mentioned the each of the massive camps at Teknaf is crowded beyond capacity. A camp that can accommodate 50,000 people has over one lakh refugees in it. But these number will not deter the volunteers from the task at hand, he believes.
A Khalsa Aid volunteer from Jammu & Kashmir, Jeevanjyot Singh, narrates how refugees fleeing Myanmar reached Teknaf. Some families walked through thick jungles in Myanmar, crossed the border using boats and resumed the journey for shelter on foot yet again, taking over ten days with no proper food or water.
“They are in dire need of food and water,” he said.
The border town of Teknaf is almost 10 hours away from Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, where the volunteers are travelling to get ingredients to prepare langar. Despite low connectivity issues and rains threatening to disrupt work, the volunteers are going the extra mile to provide food to the maximum people at the earliest.
“We are committed to run langar here till the crisis is not over. The priority is not to let anyone sleep without food,” said Amarpreet.
He also shared that another team of Khalsa Aid volunteers is set to reach Teknaf in coming days to further the relief operations.
We salute the spirit of these volunteers for their efforts who are working day & night for the Rohingyas selflessly. One can only hope this grave humanitarian crisis comes to an end.
You can help raise funds for the relief operations here.
https://www.thebetterindia.com/115338/rohingya-refugees-sikh-khalsa-aid/
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Sikh group hits out at Indian state for it's selective and biased policy on refugees.
https://sikhsiyasat.net/2017/09/11/sikh-group-hits-indian-state-selective-biased-policy-refugees/
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/dal-khalsas-plea-to-suu-kyi-on-rohingya/article19638019.ece
Dal Khalsa’s plea to Suu Kyi on Rohingya
CHANDIGARH, September 07, 2017 21:20 IST
Updated: September 07, 2017 21:20 IST
Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh gestures during an interview at the Dal Khalsa office in Amritsar on May 28, 2014. | Photo Credit: AFP
The Dal Khalsa, a Sikh organisation, has demanded that Myanmar’s State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi take immediate action to resolve the humanitarian crisis engulfing the Rohingya community.
The Dal Khalsa, in an open letter to her, has expressed concern over the alleged killings of Rohingya Muslims in the restive Rakhine State of Myanmar.
“The violence against the Muslim minority community has shocked us. It is appalling because the woman we knew believed cooperation and dialogue [non-violent tools] as the effective methods of conflict resolution. Regrettably, the alleged killings have battered the reputation of the Nobel Peace prize winner,” said Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh.
“As an organisation fighting for Sikh rights, the Dal Khalsa has always considered you [Aung San Suu Kyi] as a source of moral courage and steadfastness and supported your commitment to continue to fight for human rights,” he said.
“The people, the groups who admired you, supported you and voiced your cause are disappointed and disheartened the way Rohingya Muslims are being treated in an inhuman way,” he added.
“The situation cries for your urgent attention. The responsibility rests on you to resolve the humanitarian crisis engulfing the Muslim Rohingya minority and affecting the geopolitics of South Asia,” said Mr. Singh.
Dal Khalsa has more supporters on PDF then in Punjab.
Proud of my Sikhs brother who are helping Rohingya Muslims.
Government of India should come forward & help them move to Islamic Countries.
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Sikhs target 35,000 meals per day for Rohingya refugees
Tribune Desk
Published at 05:33 PM September 14, 2017
A volunteer from Sikh organisation Khalsa Aid gives water to a Rohingya child at Shahpuri Island on Thursday, September 14, 2017Courtesy of the Khalsa Aid Facebook page
'We feared that there might be a stampede seeing food being served here'
After being delayed for three days due to a lack of the requisite clearances and permissions, Sikh volunteer organisation Khalsa Aid finally received approval from the Bangladesh government to distribute meals to Rohingya refugees on Thursday. The organisation has set an initial target of providing 35,000 meals a day.
The meal program is called Guru ka langar, after the Sikh tradition of having a community kitchen where all are welcome to a free and hot meal. On the first day, cooked rice and vegetables were served on Shahpuri Island, where many Rohingya refugees travelling by boat were landing.
Khalsa Aid @Khalsa_AidProud of our volunteers in Bangladesh ! They're working in tough conditions on the border areas distributing aid to #ROHINGYA refugees.
“We cooked and served the first langar meals here today [Thursday]. We had purchased raw materials like rice, vegetables and big utensils on Wednesday after getting required permissions from the government of Bangladesh. The initial target is at least 35,000 meals per day. However, seeing the increasing number of refugees here, we know it won’t be enough to feed all but we had to start somewhere,” Khalsa Aid Managing Director (India) Amarpreet Singh told the Indian Express.
Also Read- Indian Sikh organisation provides relief to Rohingiya refugees
“We feared that there might be a stampede seeing food being served here. There are at least 300,000 refugees here already. But a beginning had to be made though we cannot feed everyone here in a single day. People are in dire need of food here. Children are roaming and begging on roads for food. The condition continues to be miserable,” he said.
Singh also mentioned that there was some difficulty in procuring the raw materials and utensils from Teknaf, where the team is camped out, as a number of shopkeepers quoted inflated prices after identifying them as foreigners.
However, locals were swift to provide the team with assistance in dealing with such unscrupulous traders, he added.
According to the Khalsa Aid website, the organisation is based on the Sikh principle of “recognise the whole human race as one.”
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2017/09/14/sikhs-35000-meals-rohingya/
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Why can't they stay in Myanmar it's their country. Don't cry if we retaliate and send all Hindus to your IndiaGovernment of India should come forward & help them move to Islamic Countries.
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As if that has already not happened..
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/11/20/abul-barkat-632-hindus-left-country-day/
Stop playing this "Muslim are getting victimized" card all the time..
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If you cheer for ethinic cleansing and genocide get ready to be paid back the same
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