Sikh Separatism

• Sikh group vows Indian consulate ‘shutdown’ over link to high-profile B.C. gurdwara murder

  Protests are slated to take place outside Indian consulates in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver next Monday, said Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, legal counsel for Sikhs for Justice.

  Crime

  Sep 18, 2023
  
• Threatened B.C. Gurdwara Council representative in hiding, questions police communication

  Moninder Singh said that he and four others -- including the man killed on June 18 -- were warned in July last year about an "imminent threat of assassination" against them.

  Crime

  Jun 28, 2023
  
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• Sikh Indian minister slams Trudeau Liberals over ‘knee-jerk’ changes to terrorism report

  Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, whose meeting with Trudeau was one the flashpoints of the prime minister's trip to India last year, called the move "a threat to Indian and global security."

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2019
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• Politicians from India’s Punjab state reportedly detained at Ottawa airport, deported

  Two politicians from the Indian state of Punjab were denied entry into Canada on Sunday and put on flights back to India.

  Canada

  Jul 22, 2018
• ‘No nation is safe’: Indian minister condemns Mississauga blast

  Capt. Amarinder Singh, chief minister of India's Punjab state, said the explosion at a Bombay Bhel restaurant in Mississauga "highlighted the global dimensions of terrorism."

  Canada

  May 25, 2018
• India asks Canada to stop people from misusing freedom of expression to ‘glorify terrorists’

  The statement was made during a review session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.

  Canada

  May 12, 2018
• India could seek extradition of alleged Sikh militant based in Surrey, B.C.

  India's counter-terrorism law enforcement agency has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Surrey, B.C. resident Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

  Canada

  May 5, 2018
• MPs to get unclassified briefing on Atwal affair as Trudeau’s national security adviser relents

  Justin Trudeau's national security adviser is offering to give an unclassified briefing to MPs on a Commons committee about the prime minister's trip to India, in addition to a more in-depth classified briefing to Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2018
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• #AskCanadianSikhs campaign aims to tackle generalizations about Sikhs and extremism

  "We're a very visible minority so people already notice us, and if the frameworks through which they recognize us are Air India or extremism or radicalism, that affects our daily life."

  Canada

  Mar 18, 2018
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• Tories fail to get support for emergency meeting over Trudeau-Sikh extremist controversy

  A Conservative bid for an emergency meeting on the Jaspal Atwal affair has fizzled.

  Canada

  Feb 26, 2018