Politics

Vow to fight immigration reforms

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By Leicester Mercury  |  Posted: July 11, 2012 Campaigners in Leicester have vowed to fight new immigration rules which restrict access to the UK. New regulations which came into effect yesterday mean only those who earn at least £18,600 will be able to bring in a spouse or partner from outside Europe. The Leicester branch of the Indian Workers’ Association, (IWA), said it planned to mount a legal challenge to the reforms. The Government said the move and a series of other immigration reforms would save hundreds of millions of pounds in benefits and health and education spending. Sital Singh […]

Plea to PM over death row inmate

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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 […]

Nick Clegg receives a cold reception in Leicester

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Posted on April 7, 2011 by leicesterrtw The People of Leicester showed their response to the Con-Dem cuts after Nick Clegg visited the city for a question and answer session at Cine De Lux in the Highcross shopping centre. Leicester Right To Work Campaign mobilised for a demonstration with just 24 hours notice after hearing Clegg was visiting the city. Angry On the day around 130 people took part, including young and old, black and white. Members of Unison, PCS, and Unite unions were all present, along with the Indian Workers Association (GB), De Montfort University students and service user […]

Death row campaigners return

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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

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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 […]