Organizations Watchlist

Monitoring organizations whose rhetoric or actions contribute to anti-Sikh sentiment, discrimination, or hostility.

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)

Type: Far-right Islamist political party (Barelvi movement) | Location: Pakistan (Stronghold in Punjab, some presence in Sindh)

Includes rhetorical attacks against Sikh Gurus and institutions, actions causing disruption to Sikh pilgrims.

Political Pakistan Barelvi Rhetoric Protests
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)

Type: Hindu nationalist paramilitary organization | Location: India (Strongholds: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka; Nationwide presence)

Documented role in 1984 anti-Sikh violence, systematic efforts to co-opt/subsume distinct Sikh identity (Rashtriya Sikh Sangat), opposition to Sikh po...

Hindu Nationalism India Paramilitary 1984 Genocide Assimilation Political Influence Sangh Parivar Hindutva Minority Rights