Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4162-2004Jul21.html?referrer=emailarticle

On July 22, 2004 The Washington Post reported, "In the past 13 years, police have reported 76 young men killed in the Vancouver area in gang-related violence. The authorities blame drug deals gone bad and local turf wars, mostly involving well-to-do young people of Indian descent. Immigrant community leaders in...

Source: The Richmond Times Dispatch

Source: siliconindia.com

Wire Service: IANS

Source: The New Standard

Source: Sikh News Network

http://www.sikhnn.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=149&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

On July 20, 2004 Sikh News Network reported, "Chirinjeev Singh has been offered a run for the US House of Representatives from the 9th Congressional District by the Cook County Republican Chair Gary Skoien. The Democratic incumbent has been plagued by a scandal involving her husband’s...

Source: Merced Sun-Star

http://www.mercedsun-star.com/local/story/8873307p-9763003c.html

On July 20, 2004 Merced Sun-Star reported that, "Livingston's City Council is set to approve a resolution condemning hate crimes against Sikhs tonight. Mayor Gurpal Samra said the resolution will show support for Sikhs nationwide who have been subjected to hurtful remarks and occasional physical attacks since the terrorist attacks of 2001. He said Sikhs make up about...

Source: The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Source: New York Daily News

http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/213140p-183538c.html

On July 18, 2004 New York Daily News reported, "Last Sunday's senseless attack on a Sikh man - a 54-year-old father and community leader - in Richmond Hill, Queens, was the latest reminder that prejudice and hate are alive and well on the streets of New York... That is why on Thursday, almost 100 people in a diverse, multiethnic coalition of more than two dozen civil...

Source: New York Daily News

http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/212537p-183064c.html

On July 16, 2004 New York Daily News reported. "Outraged over a bias attack that left a Sikh man bruised and battered, Queens officials and community leaders condemned the incident yesterday at a Borough Hall demonstration... Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 10 bias incidents have been reported to the 102nd Precinct but no one has been prosecuted in any of...

Source: UN News Service

Source: The Sikh Network

http://www.sikhnet.com/s/adlqueens

On July 15, 2004 The Sikh Network reported, "The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) condemned the July 11 attack on a Sikh man by a group of men in Queens as a deplorable hate crime... 'This week, our community was shaken by a deplorable crime, the attack on Rajinder Singh Khalsa in Richmond Hills, Queens,' said Joel J. Levy, Director ADL New York Office. 'This reprehensible hate crime is evidence of the tragic reality that hate...

Source: NY Indymedia.com

http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/97055/index.php

On July 15, 2004 NY Indymedia.com reported, "On Thuesday, July 15, a multiethnic coalition is holding a press conference to continue focusing on the need to address bias crimes in NYC... New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE), a non-profit immigrant advocacy organization has formed a multiethnic coalition of over two-dozen organizations to end bias crimes in New York City....

Source: Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040714/SIKHS14/TPNational/Canada

On July 14, 2004 the Globe and Mail reported, "Avtar Sandhu this week walked the rocky stretch of beach at Charlesville, N.S., that marked the beginning of a life in Canada, marvelling at a glorious cerulean seascape beneath a matching, cloudless sky. This was not the view the Toronto tradesman saw when he...

Source: Chicago Tribune

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0407130293jul13,1,736949.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

On July 13, 2004 the Chicago Tribune reported, "Sarup Singh Mahon greets his lunch guests every day, shouting: "Please wait. Only three more minutes. There are no seats now." If that doesn't work, he stretches his short arms out like a police officer at a school crossing or...

Source: Newsday

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/nyc-sikh0713,0,5462527.story?c

On July 13, 2004 Newsday reported, "A Long Island man was arrested yesterday in the Richmond Hill attack of an honorary Sikh priest that stemmed from an argument over the turban the victim was wearing.

Witnesses to the attack led police to arrest Salvatore Maceli, 26, of Valley Stream. Police said Maceli was with a group of men who allegedly attacked...