Sikh Group Has Website Blocked in India, Uses WhatsApp to Donate Oxygen Amid COVID Spike
On 5/6/21 at 5:01 PM EDT
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to ravage the health care system in India, the government has welcomed oxygen supplies from several countries including the U.S., Britain and Germany as well as money from people of Indian descent around the world.
However, it seems India has turned away help from Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a U.S.-based Sikh separatist group. According to the Associated Press, the group said the Indian government blocked its COVID-19 relief website, oxygenfund.org. The site aimed to connect Indians who can't afford the high prices of oxygen with Sikhs in the U.S., Canada and other countries willing to donate money.