May blocks Leicester marches

Monday, 4 October 2010 12:00 AM  Police ready to block Leicester march By politics.co.uk staff Home secretary Theresa May has banned marches in Leicester on the day that the English Defence League had planned to protest. The right-wing group had planned to march around the city on October 9th and was facing a counter-protest by Unite Against Fascism. That has now been cast into doubt after Ms May authorised an order imposing a blanket ban on marches in the city this Saturday. Source: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2010/10/04/may-blocks-leicester-marches

Concerns raised over EDL protest at special meeting

By This is Leicestershire  |  Posted: October 04, 2010 About 100 people attended a meeting yesterday about the English Defence League protest set to take place in the city centre at the weekend. The Indian Workers’ Association’s (IWA) Leicestershire branch organised the meeting at the Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurdwara, in Leicester. The EDL – which says it campaigns against Islamic extremism – is planning a protest in Humberstone Gate on Saturday. IWA general secretary Sital Singh Gill said: “The English Defence League are organising these kind of events across the country, stirring up racism and provoking violent attacks on Muslim, […]

Packed meeting at Leicester Gurdwara resolves to oppose the EDL on 9 Oct

Posted on October 3, 2010 by luaf A packed public meeting took place on Sunday at a main Gurdwara in the heart of Leicester’s Sikh community. 150 people met to discuss the community’s response to the English Defence League’s march in Leicester on Saturday October the 9th. The meeting was called by the Indian Workers Association GB – Leicestershire Branch. The speakers included a representative from Leicester Police, local councillors, Sital Singh Gill (General Secretary of IWA), Gurjit Dosanjh (Leicester Unite Against Fascism), as well as leading members of the Sikh community. Sital from the IWA reminded the meeting “The […]

Death row campaigners return

By This is Leicestershire  |  Posted: July 23, 2010 Campaigners have returned from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after flying out to support the legal battle of a group of Indian men on death row. A delegation from Leicester travelled to the Middle East last week to attend an appeal court hearing of 17 men convicted of murdering a Pakistani worker in a fight. The party representing Sharjah Prisoners Justice Group included city councillor Parmjit Singh Gill, Sital Singh Gill, the general secretary of Leicester Indian Workers Association and elder Kashmir Singh. The defendants, aged 21 to 25, were arrested […]

UK team in UAE to support detained Indians

A group of Leicester-based human rights campaigners has flown to the UAE to support 17 Indians who have been sentenced to death for killing a Pakistani man. The delegation from Sharjah Prisoners Justice Group has travelled to the Middle East state to attend an appeal court hearing for the 17 men in Dubai on Wednesday. The men – all immigrants to the UAE from Punjab –were arrested following a fight in Sharjah in January last year in which a Pakistani man was killed. They were tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Campaigners are concerned they did not get a fair […]