"The fear, the now complete changing of your day-to-day living, that is real. I have not seen that before, she said. This is the first time since I've set up Sikh Women's Aid where women have said to us: We are no longer doing the things that we enjoy because we might get harmed doing them.' Women were not comfortable going to the gym, or going for walks or runs now, she said. They are doing this in groups."
"Earlier this week, police confirmed a woman in her 50s was the victim of a racially aggravated assault in Wolverhampton in which an electrical stun device was used. The Labour MP Preet Kaur Gill wrote on X that the victim was Sikh. When approached, West Midlands police declined to confirm this information. Sikh places of worship across the Midlands have begun distributing rape and security alarms to women in an effort to keep them safe."
Two Sikh women in their 20s have reported rapes in Walsall and Oldbury, and a 32-year-old has been charged in connection with the Walsall incident. Violent attacks on elderly Sikh taxi drivers and other racially aggravated assaults have prompted a parliamentary meeting about anti-Sikh hate crimes in the Midlands. Women are altering routines, avoiding gyms, walks and solo activities, sharing locations with friends or family, and moving in groups. Sikh places of worship are distributing rape and security alarms. Police confirmed a racially aggravated assault involving a stun device, and declined to confirm victim identity when approached.
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