At the conclusion of the international conference "Racism and Violence Against Sikhs and Other National Minorities in India: The Reality on the Ground", dedicated to the Indian government's repressive policy against ethnic minorities and organized by the Baku Initiative Group for the first time in Azerbaijan, a document calling on the international community for global action against Sikh violence was signed between the Baku Initiative Group and the Sikh Federation, APA reports.
The event is attended by Ramesh Singh Arora, Minister for Human Rights and Minorities of India’s Punjab state, along with other officials and prominent representatives of the Sikh community from Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as heads of think tanks, scholars from foreign universities specializing in human rights and ethnic minority issues, and individuals who have been direct victims of what are described as the Indian government’s repressive, racist, and persecutory policies.
The conference discussed the Indian government's systematic policy of racial discrimination, violence, and repression against Sikhs and other ethnic minorities, and in this regard, the Indian government's gross violation of its obligations under the UN's "International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights", "International Convention against Racism" and "Convention against Torture" in relation to ethnic minorities.
