World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples

I am sikh born and broughtup in Kashmir,India,sikhs in kashmir represent the secular face of kashmir with mere population of 50,000.Muslims with a population of approx of 60,00000 are a major community.Kashmir people are struggling to get independence from last 18 years.it is believed approx more than 500000 kashmir muslims have lost their lives and at the same time 350 kashmiri sikhs too have lost their lives one way or other.If we observe keenly as per population both people have suffered,It is very sad to see the state of affairs of sikhs in Kashmir.Not only local govt.but the govt. of India is also not bothered about sikh people's sentiments.The moral of sikh community is at lowest level,they feel alienated as the total focus of govt and non govt. agencies is major community,as everybody want,s to woo them.sikhs feel they are unwanted.I doubt if the same trend continues sikhs will be history in Kashmir.
Posted by paramjit singh on 9 October 2008

i would like to know more about your roletowards the group,sutch as education,culture,social live&humanrights

Posted by mohammed malakal ali musa on 14 September 2011

Dear Minority Rights,

As new nations are born, so is minorities also formed. One of these minorities I see you fail to mention in your directory is the "Afrikaners" or "Boers" of South Africa. In the current circumstances over the years in South Africa, they fit your criteria of a minority under threat. They are part of the UNPO which gives the following description: "Afrikaners in general, and the Afrikaner farmers in particular, are at times the target of ethnic violence. The South African murder rate is extremely high at 48 murders per 100,000 of the population, compared to 2 murders per 100,000 in Europe, for example. If Afrikaner farmers are taken as a statistical population, the murder rate is 287 per 100,000. This is a grave situation" - www.unpo.org/members/8148

On top of that, genocidewatch.org, the organisations setup to give an early warning to possible genocides warned that Afrikaner Boers are getting close to the final stages. There are many organisations to get in touch with to find out more like Afriforum or Solidarity. Alternatively I am willing to give my services free of charge to help to get this group noticed as a people sidelined.

Kind Regards,

Henri
Posted by Henri Le Riche on 28 September 2011