'New venue' for Sikh protest play
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A play dropped after violent protests from members of the Sikh community could be held at another theatre.
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GLASGOW, May 24 (IPS) - New defence is being considered for defenders of  civil society rights by the nearly 1,000 participants in the  Civicus world assembly under way in Glasgow this week.
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ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of Indian Sikhs arrived in Pakistan yesterday to commemorate the 535th anniversary of the birth of the founder of their religion, officials said.
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The controversial Sikh play Bezhti (dishonour) which provoked violent protests in the UK city of Birmingham looks like it will not be re-staged elsewhere.
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A lavish film about the love between a Muslim emperor and his Hindu wife, played by Bollywood's most glamorous star Aishwarya Rai, has opened in India to angry protests.
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Organisers trying to overturn court decision suspending free show over security concerns.
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A wrenching musical play about North  Korea's prison camps drew a standing ovation from a  high-powered Washington audience -- a reaction activists said  hoped would focus attention on human rights even as the world  grapples with Pyongyang's threat of a nuclear test.
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AUTHOR SALMAN Rushdie has expressed outrage at the British government&#39;s refusal to criticise last week&#39;s protests by Sikhs against the staging of the play Behzti at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
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Beijing's futuristic new national theater, criticized by some for being too ostentatious for its surroundings, opened its doors Tuesday for a trial performance.
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One woman and three men are due to appear before magistrates today in connection with a Fathers 4 Justice protest on the day of a royal visit to a newly opened arts venue.
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A LONG-awaited refurbishment to a play area in
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The director of an Indian movie dealing with the 1984 massacre of Sikhs by angry Hindu mobs hopes to drive debate about the killings and force legal authorities to renew investigations.
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Sikhs from all over the world have begun arriving in the holy city of Amritsar, northern India, to commemorate the 400th year of the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, on 1 September.
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The author of a controversial play which had its run ended after violent protests by Sikhs has said she does not want it to be re-staged because of death threats.
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The directors of a British play depicting sexual abuse and murder in a Sikh temple reluctantly scrapped their production on Monday due to fears violent protests against it would escalate.
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This is where "strippergate," the controversy that threatens to derail the career of Immigration Minister Judy Sgro, all began: on a stage like this one, at the Diamonds Cabaret in Mississauga, Ont.
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A British theatre that's staging a play that has the country's large Sikh community up in arms denied that it was "insensitive," as police sought to avert a repeat of a mini-riot that broke out during the show two days ago.