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Monday 13 August 2018 - 08:04

Sikhs rally in London calling for independent state in India, counter-protest urges unity

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Members of the Sikh community gather to call for a referendum of the Sikh global community to establish India
Members of the Sikh community gather to call for a referendum of the Sikh global community to establish India's Punjab state as an independent country, in Trafalgar Square in central London on August 12, 2018. (AFP)

Protesters are seeking an independence referendum in 2020 for a sovereign Sikh state they call Khalistan.

Many held banners calling for an end to "Indian occupation."

The protest was organized by the US and Canada-based group Sikhs for Justice.

A simultaneous counter-protest of around a hundred people gathered nearby to call for India to remain united.
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