Plea to PM over death row inmate

By Leicester Mercury  |  Posted: April 24, 2012 A delegation has visited Downing Street to seek support for a campaign against the execution of a prisoner in India. Former Leicester South MP Parmjit Singh Gill and Sital Singh Gill, general secretary of the Indian Workers Association in Leicestershire, spoke to David Cameron about the case of Balwant Singh Rajoana. He is on death row in Punjab for his role in the 1995 murder of then state chief minister Beant Singh, who was killed by suicide bomber Dilawar Singh. Rajoana was convicted of acting as back-up suicide bomber, should Singh have […]

Leicester unites against racist EDL

by Simon Assaf People from across Leicester joined a public meeting to organise opposition to the English Defence League (EDL) last Saturday. The racist organisation plans to come to the city on 4 February. But anti-fascists plan to protest against them. Around 170 people came to the meeting. Sital Singh Gill, general secretary of the Indian Workers Association, addressed the meeting along with councillors and activists. The anti-fascist protest is supported by CWU Leicestershire branch, PCS Leicester and Leicestershire branch, Stoneygate Labour Party, Unite 0168M branch, Leicester District Trades Council and a host of union and community organisations. Labour councillor […]

Brilliant public meeting as Leicester unites to oppose EDL

People from across Leicester’s diverse community came together at a brilliant public meeting last night to organise their opposition to the English Defence League. The racist and fascist EDL has announced plans to come to Leicester on 4 February. Last night’s meeting of around 170 people – white, black and Asian – showed a determination to stand up in unity against the EDL. Banners from the East Midlands regions of the Unite and Unison unions decorated the walls of the Highfields Community Centre, where community leaders, local councillors, trade unionists and local young people came together. They heard Sital Singh […]

Group takes action after UK’s riots

By Leicester Mercury  |  Posted: August 23, 2011 Members of a campaign group have called for communities to work together in the wake of the disturbances in Leicester earlier this month. The Indian Workers Association Leicestershire Branch is looking to set up the Safer, Stronger Communities Project to prevent similar events happening again. The idea was announced at a public meeting attended by about 70 people at the Guru Dashmesh Gurdwara in Gipsy Lane, Leicester, on Saturday. Speaking about the riots that erupted across the country, Sital Singh Gill, general secretary of the Leicestershire branch of the association, said: “The […]

Leicester riots: Public meeting discusses disorder

Stores were damaged during disorder in Leicester A special meeting has been held in Leicester to discuss the recent riots. The Indian Workers Association of Leicester invited politicians, police, school and religious leaders from the community to the event. They discussed why the troubles broke out in the city and how a repeat could be avoided. Leicester East MP Keith Vaz and Kashmir Singh of the Federation of Sikh Organisations attended the meeting. The meeting took place at the Guru Dashmesh Gurdwara in Gipsy Lane at 1800 BST on Saturday. Sital Singh Gill of the workers association said: “We strongly […]