BIG declares solidarity with the protesting Sikh community in India
The Baku Initiative Group (BIG) has expressed solidarity with the Sikh community protesting in India.
According to Report, this was stated on BIG's official page on the social network "X."
The statement notes that leaders and representatives of the Sikh community held a protest outside the Panjokhra Sahib police station in Ambala and called on the Indian government to take "immediate and impartial measures against activists opposing Khalistan" (a project to create an independent Sikh state on the territory of the Indian state of Punjab — ed.).
"BIG expresses solidarity with the Sikh community and calls on the Indian government to ensure equal protection under the law, accountability, adherence to due process, as well as the protection of Sikh religious sites and community representatives," the statement reads.
It should be noted that on August 7, in the city of Ambala in the Indian state of Haryana, a conflict occurred between Sikhs and activists opposing the movement for the creation of an independent state of Khalistan. Two police officers were also injured during the incident. The police detained two young Sikhs, after which representatives of the Sikh community staged a protest outside the police station demanding their release.
