citiesUpdated: Jul 23, 2020 22:42 ISTAuthorities in Colorado state of the US will add a hate crime charge against man who brutally attacked a Sikh-American store owner in April and told him to “go back to your country”. Singh was brutally attacked at the store he owns with his wife in April when Breemen entered the shop and began harassing the couple, the Sikh Coalition had said. The Sikh Coalition had called for authorities to bring formal hate crime charges against the assailant. The organisation said more than 2,600 people sent emails to Jefferson County District Attorney Peter Weir urging him to pursue a hate crime charge. The Sikh Coalition has said that Sikh-Americans remain hundreds of times more likely to experience bigotry, bias and backlash than their fellow Americans.

Source: Hindustan Times July 23, 2020 17:12 UTC