Press Releases

World Sikh Organization Urges Quebec Assembly to Vote Down Kirpan Ban

Ottawa (February 8, 2011) – The World Sikh Organization of Canada is hoping Members of Quebec’s National Assembly will vote down a PQ motion to ban kirpans f...

World Sikh Organization Excluded from Quebec National Assembly

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC–(Jan. 18, 2011) – Today the World Sikh Organization of Canada was excluded from the Quebec National Assembly and prevented from speaking ...

WSO protests visa for Indian politician with tainted human rights record

Ottawa (January 17, 2011): The World Sikh Organization of Canada has written a letter of protest to Minister of Immigration Jason Kenney over government pla...

WSO Expresses Concern at Conviction of Indian Human Rights Activist

Ottawa (December 24, 2010): The World Sikh Organization of Canada expresses its concern at the conviction of human rights activist Dr. Binayak Sen in Chhatis...

World Sikh Organization Statement on International Human Rights Day

Ottawa (December 10, 2010): The World Sikh Organization of Canada and Canadian Sikhs join the rest of the world in marking International Human Rights Day 201...

World Sikh Organization Disappointed by ‘Air India Action Plan’

Ottawa: (December 7, 2010) The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) is disappointed by the Government of Canada’s ‘Air India Action Plan’. The Plan omits ...

Statement By The WSO on The National Day of Remembrance and Action On Violence Against Women

Ottawa December 6, 2010: The World Sikh Organization of Canada commemorates the National Day of Remembrance and Action Violence Against Women. On December 6,...

Obama Head-Covering Controversy Unnecessary: WSO

Ottawa October 20, 2010: The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) is disappointed to learn that US President Barack Obama may cancel his visit to Sri Dar...

Sikh group disappointed Liberal MP won’t identify so-called extremists

September 17, 2010 Ottawa: The World Sikh Organization of Canada is disappointed that a B.C. Liberal MP who claims there is rising Sikh extremism in Canada w...

Sikh group braces for racist backlash in the wake of Canadian MP’s claims

Ottawa: The World Sikh Organization of Canada is concerned that a new film highlighting a B.C. MP’s claims that Canada harbours a Sikh extremist movement wil...