Gajinder Singh Safri (25 December 1950 – 12 January 2020) was the second Sikh to be elected as a Member of Parliament in Afghanistan.[1][2] He was the brother-in-law of Jai Singh Fani, the first Sikh MP, and secured representation in the 1988 parliamentary election.[1][3] Safri fled to the United Kingdom after the Najbullah Ministry abdicated power in 1992;[2] he has testified before the United Kingdom Immigration Appeal Tribunal as an expert witness about the severe risks faced by Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan under Taliban and the Mujahideen.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Brave Narinder Pal Singh nominated lone Sikh MP in Afghanistan". The World Sikh News. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ a b "IN MEMORIAM | S. Gajinder Singh". SikhNet. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Wardak, Mohammad Omar (2021). Religion, Politics and Education in Afghanistan, 1950s−1980s: The Case of Habibia High School (Thesis). The University of Sydney. p. 249.
- ^ IB and TK (Sikhs, Risk on return, Objective evidence); [2004] UKIAT 150
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