Khalsa Aid CEO Twitter account blocked on government’s order
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
The Twitter account of Nobel Prize-nominated Sikh aid worker Ravi Singh who is CEO for UK-based humanitarian charity Khalsa Aid has been blocked in India on the complaint of India government, as the Indian government continues to apply pressure on social media platforms to censor Sikh activists.
Last year Khalsa Aid volunteers had served free langar to farmers who were staging dharna to repeal Black Farm Laws at several locations, outside Delhi border. Even the NGO thanked all those who actively supported the Farmers protests in India. They even shared “we are honoured to be supporting the protests on the ground through our India team, who are working to provide Langar and other essential commodities at this time.”
Khalsa Aid CEO Twitter account blocked on government’s order. Ravi Singh has been working as a Sikh humanitarian since 1999, when he had the idea of taking the ideals of the Khalsa, to regions of the world that needed it the most with the hope that it will help to rekindle people’s trust in humanity.
The BBC made a film about Ravi in 2016 titled ‘The Selfless Sikh’ which documented his journey to northern Iraq, where he provides aid to Yazidi families who have fled their homes to escape the brutality of Islamic State.The film follows Singh into the heart of Iraqi Kurdistan as he delivers aid to Yazidi refugees in makeshift camps, barely 70 kilometres from the IS stronghold of Mosul.
In 2016 Ravi’s team assisted motorists stranded in the Dover traffic chaos by delivering 6000 water bottles. Some travelers spent up to 15 hours at a standstill on the M20. Ravi was praised widely on social media. Ravi Singh also stepped in to provide relief to flood victims in multiple Indian states impacted in the 2019 Indian floods
July 2,2022
