Daily Update: Monday 7th September 2020
7th September 2020 • snippet
- On Sunday, a number of cities in Canada and the US marked 'Jaswant Singh Khalra Day' - remembering the Sikh human rights activist who was allegedly abducted and murdered by Indian security forces 25 years ago. More at the Khalra Mission account.
- A new podcast launches today, called 'Diasporastan' - its creators call it the Grown-Up Desi Sesame Street.
- LISTEN: Dr Henna Anwar interviews Dinesh Saralaya on why it's important for South Asians to sign up for Covid-19 vaccine trials.
- 26 year-old Kashif Baig says he was stopped-searched and pinned down by London's Met Police just because he left Pret without buying anything.
- NBC's Soumya Shankar writes on how Democracts are hoping to win Texas, in part by banking on Asian Americans.
- Former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq speaks out more
"One person's banter is another person's demise."
— SkyNews (@SkyNews) September 4, 2020
Former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq has said "deep rooted" racism at the club left him close to taking his own life.
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