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WSO Reminds India to Clean up its "Abysmal" Human Rights Record Rather than Complain to Silence Canadian Sikhs.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Apr 26, 2008 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) expresses concern at unacceptable attempts by the Indian Government to silence "freedom of speech", a fundamental right of Canadian-Sikhs.

In response to the display of banners supporting advocacy of Sikh self-determination in India at recent Sikh Vaisakhi parades in Surrey and Rexdale, Indian Consul General, Ashok Kumar, has told Canadian Press, "We are in touch with Canadian authorities on a regular basis, and we would like to see more progress on this issue... so that this signage, these slogans, these banners are not displayed."

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