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Pro-Khalistan groups hold demonstration outside UN

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Press Trust of India New York
Pro-Khalistan groups have held a demonstration outside the UN headquarters here calling on the world body to support a referendum for self-determination.

A delegation of Sikh activists also submitted to UN officials a report 'A Case For Punjab Referendum 2020 - Sikhs Right to Self-Determination - Why and How?'.

Thereport by advocacy group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), addressed to Secretary General Antonio Guterres, urged the UN to support the demand of Sikhs for holding a referendum in Punjab for "realisation of their right to self-determination".

Members of Sikh rights groups and North American Gurudwara committees urged the United Nations to support the "Punjab Independence Referendum" for a separate Sikh homeland of Khalistan.
 

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First Published: Aug 16 2017 | 12:57 PM IST

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