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Pro-Khalistan groups hold demonstration outside UN headquarters, call for referendum on self-determination

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

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|Aug 16, 2017, 13:56:46 IST
New York: Pro-Khalistan groups have held a demonstration outside the UN headquarters in New York calling on the world body to support a referendum for self-determination.[caption id="attachment_3756157" align="alignleft" width="380"]Representational image. Reuters

Representational image. Reuters[/caption]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?'.The report 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, 13:46:21 IST
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