The Central Government on July 5, said that it has blocked nearly 40 websites that were being run and operated by the US-based pro-Khalistan outfit Sikh For Justice (SFJ), which has been declared as an ‘unlawful organisation’ under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act- UAPA, 1967, reports The Tribune. The spokesperson of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) said the action has been taken following the banned outfit launched a campaign for registering supporters for its cause – ‘referendum 2020’. The official said, “On the recommendation of the UMHA, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued the orders under section 69 A of the IT Act, 2000, for blocking 40 websites of SFJ”. According to sources in the MeitY, the SFJ’s Facebook page has already been blocked in India. They said a notice was also served to SFJ by the ministry, which said that it had been “reported to the department that the URL http://sikhsforjustice.org contained objectionable content”.