There is a number of pro-Khalistan groups which advocate the formation of a separate Sikh state through the use of International law including the right to self determination as ordained by the UN Human Rights Committee. These organisations include:

• The National Sikh Youth Federation is the most prominent Khalistan youth organisation ^[1], their work has been cited in a report on Sikh radicalisation^[2]. NSYF is a UK political organisation that connects Sikh youth with history and Sikh sovereignty. One of the members of NSYF Shamsher Singh was raided by Anti Terror Police in 2018.^[3] He disrupted Rahul Gandhi's event in 2018 raising pro-Khalistan slogans ^[4] He challenged the Indian high commissioner in Shepard’s Bush Gurdwara. In 2016 he spoke alongside NDP leader Jagmeet Singh.^[5]

• Sikh Federation (UK) is regarded as the first Sikh political party in the UK and whose members are largely from the proscribed International Sikh Youth Federation. Since 2017 their lobbying strength has grown considerably after becoming the secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group for British Sikhs with the support of the Sikh MP Preet Gill who is the shadow Minister for International Development and a strong supporter of the group.^[6] Their key spokesperson is an Accountant by the name of Dabinderjit Singh Sidhu who works as a director at the National Audit Office (which equates to India’s C&AG) and who is a passionate promoter of Khalistan at various events.^[7]
• The Sikh Network is a network of Sikh professionals based in the UK founded by Dabinderjit Singh Sidhu and Jas Singh. They launched a report called ‘The Sikh Manifesto’ in 2015 which had the aim to apply pressure to buddying parliamentarians to agree to 10 points on behalf of the Sikh community with one of the points being ‘to obtain recognition and support from the UK for the application of self-determination to the Sikhs and to remove India’s right to territorial integrity.’ in addition the report wanted parliamentarians to ‘acknowledge the offer of a Sikh state provided in 1947 in addition to a ten year agreement of military assistance and support for a Sikh administration’. Some of the other team members at The Sikh Network include Cllr Chaz Singh, a buddying Labour MP and Labour Shadow Minister Preet Gill MP.^[8]
• Sikh Youth UK are a community group based in the West Midlands with a strong Khalistani support base. They have in the past assisted with the banning of Interfaith weddings in Gurdwaras ^[9][10] and maintain links with the far right.^[11]
• Dal Khalsa and Dal Khalsa UK are both pro-Khalistan groups. They have suffered from internal disputes and restructuring regarding the Referendum 2020.^[12]
• Sikhs for Justice is a campaign group in the US which has started the campaign referendum 2020 which aims to hold a non binding referendum in Punjab regarding an independent Punjab.^[13]

Babbar Khalsa is listed as a terrorist organisation by the United Kingdom,^[15] the EU,^[16] Canada,^[17] India, and the United States.

1. All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF)
2. Khalistan Liberation Army (KLA)
3. Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF)
4. Dashmesh Regiment
5. Khalistan Liberation Organisation (KLO)^[14]
6. Khalistan National Army (KNA)
7. Kamagata Maru Dal of Khalistan
8. Shaheed Khalsa Force
9. Khalistan Guerilla Force
10. Khalistan Security Force

• Khalistan movement

• Fair, C. Christine (2005), "Diaspora Involvement in Insurgencies: Insights from the Khalistan and Tamil Eelam Movements", Nationalism and Ethnic Politics: 125–156, doi:10.1080/13537110590927845