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'''Sikh Youth UK''' is, as the name implies, a group of young Sikh-British activists who, much like journalist and activist [[Tommy Robinson]], have worked to shed light on the dire situation regarding [[Islam]]ic (especially Pakistani) [[grooming gangs]] in the United Kingdom, and to bring these pedophiles to justice. They specifically work to protect their own community (Sikh Britons) from these rape gangs, but also frequently act to protect non-Sikh girls from the gangs as well. Much like Tommy Robinson, they have been demonized and referred to as bigots by the global mainstream press, even though they are obviously not bigoted at all. There are videos available online which depict members of the group holding Pakistani Muslim pedophiles under citizens' arrest until able to transfer them to the proper authorities.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNL2PwUfSgI</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyTBO9PuxnU</ref> They have worked to spread awareness to the epidemic in Britain and throughout Europe of underage Sikh and native European girls being targeted for sexual abuse.

Sikh Youth UK is a group of British Sikhs, who specifically work to protect their own community from grooming gangs and perpetrators, have also helped to protect girls from other communities. They have worked to spread awareness, in Britain and throughout Europe of underage Sikh and native European girls being targeted for sexual abuse. In this article by Birmingham Mail it talks about grooming within the Sikh community and how it has been happening for decades, ‘Sikh girls in Birmingham and the West Midlands were subjected to decades of abuse by grooming gangs despite pleas for help, a shock report claims’ https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/sikh-girls-abused-grooming-gangs-15492360 In a radio interview Sikh Youth UK talking about how they help the community and have also won an award “The Smethwick community award for outstanding volunteer” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arg8WMaE2ZE

However, due to being demonized as bigots, the group has been investigated for supposedly questionable use of money,<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-48852599</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/03/counter-terror-police-arrest-two-over-alleged-donation</ref> and their website has been deactivated, with an error message that reads, "The site sikhyouthuk.com has been disabled. Please contact support."[http://79.170.44.8/inactive.cgi?site=sikhyouthuk.com;key=e484d72d6e5589c5bb359cc32a20bac6] They are currently in the process of moving their website to a new online location, sikhyouthbirmingham.com. Currently, however, this site reads, "This page has been reserved for future use."[http://www.sikhyouthbirmingham.com/]

In an article called ‘The Sexual Exploitation of Young Sikhs in the UK’ written by Paula Boddington https://www.newenglishreview.org/Paula_Boddington/The_Sexual_Exploitation_of_Young_Sikhs_in_the_UK/ this article looks into the ongoing issues of sexual grooming within the Sikh community, how Sikh females are purposely targeted and mentions The Religiously Aggravated Sexual Exploitation (the RASE report) In this article she interviews someone from the community who witnessed Sikh girls being groomed in schools. Sikh Youth UK have also been interviewed by ITV News, in this clip Sikh Youth UK talk about how the authorities are failing to tackle this ongoing issue and how they can do more to stop this from happening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BOMHPVh56U

In addition, the YouTube video uploaded on their channel involving members of the group discussing the aforementioned demonization of their group as bigots, entitled, "Sikh Youth UK Meet Donald Trump?", which even goes so far as to denounce the associations made between them and individuals such as Tommy Robinson and Donald Trump, was placed on YouTube's Restricted Mode list.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZRENFl9m1k</ref>

SikhPA have praised the work Sikh Youth UK do within the community "From our understanding the Sikh Youth UK raise contemporary issues such as substance abuse, domestic violence, bullying and grooming.” https://www.sikhpa.com/responses-to-independent-sikh-youth-uk-article/

Warrington Guardian released an article ‘Group on mission to help combat grooming returning to Warrington to deliver awareness talk’ in this article it talks about how Sikh Youth UK help grooming victims and creating awareness in the community. https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/16225173.group-on-mission-to-help-combat-grooming-returning-to-warrington-to-deliver-awareness-talk/  

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNT-4mdFS2KgnqsYQe75pTA --YouTube channel

In recent events SikhPA have recorded each incident that has happened since the raids in 2018, arrests and ongoing cases are clearly stated and explained on their website https://www.sikhpa.com/how-do-the-indian-media-know-who-was-raided-uk-sikh-home-raids-story-update/ It also shows how other Sikh Organisations have supported Sikh Youth UK.   

 

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