Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accuses Indian government of involvement in killing of Canadian Sikh leader
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Biden probably provided the information
What is 'Five Eyes Intelligence' that is backing probe in Nijjar's death
Canada-India relations hit rock bottom after Trudeau accused Indian government of killing a Khalistani terrorist. Five Eyes intelligence alliance supported Trudeau's remarks but rejected Canada's request for joint denouncement.
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Canada. Goddamn.
Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi claims responsibility for Khalistani terrorist Sukhdool Singh's killing
Many media reports are comparing his death to the killing of terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar who was also gunned down in a similar fashion in Surrey on June 18
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Sukhdool Singh Killed: Khalistan terrorist Sukha Duneke shot dead in gang-war in Canada | India News - Times of India
India News: NEW DELHI: Gangster-turned-terrorist Sukhdool Singh alias Sukha Duneke was allegedly bumped off by unidentified gunmen in Canada on Wednesday, intelli.
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India suspends visas for Canadians as row escalates
Relations have plummeted since Canada's PM linked India to the killing of a Sikh separatist leader.
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India suspends visas for Canadians as row escalates
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Sikhs protest for the independence of Khalistan in front of the Indian Consulate in Toronto, Canada, on July 8, 2023Getty Images
Canada said it was investigating "credible allegations" linking India with the murder of the separatist leader
By Meryl Sebastian
BBC News, Cochin
India has stopped issuing visas to Canadian citizens amid an escalating row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil.
India said the temporary move was due to "security threats" disrupting work at its missions in Canada. Canada's visa services remain open in India.
Tensions flared this week after Canada's leader said India may have been involved in the 18 June killing.
India angrily rejected the allegation calling it "absurd".
Relations between the countries - key trade and security partners, and US allies - have been strained for months. Analysts say they are now at an all-time low.
India's government swiftly made clear the suspension of visa services also "applies to Canadians in a third country".
"There have been threats made to our high commission [embassy] and consulates in Canada," a foreign affairs ministry spokesman in Delhi said. "This has disrupted their normal functioning. Accordingly [they] are temporarily unable to process visa applications."
He said: "India is looking for parity in rank and diplomatic strength between the diplomatic missions of the two countries. This is being sought because of Canadian diplomatic interference in our internal affairs."
Hours earlier Canada had announced it was reducing its personnel in India, saying some diplomats had received threats on social media.
"In light of the current environment where tensions have heightened, we are taking action to ensure the safety of our diplomats," a statement said.
The two countries have historic close ties - and much is at stake.
How India-Canada ties descended into a public feud
Why are some Sikhs calling for a separate state?
Canada has 1.4 million people of Indian origin - more than half of them Sikhs - making up 3.7% of the country's population, according to the 2021 census. India also sends the highest number of international students to Canada - in 2022, they made up 40% of total overseas students at 320,000.
According to Indian government statistics, about 80,000 Canadian tourists visited India in 2021, behind only the US, Bangladesh and UK.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hand with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of the G20 Leaders' Summit in New Delhi on September 9, 2023Getty Images
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau (left) had a difficult meeting with Indian PM Narendra Modi in Delhi this month
The row burst into the open on Monday after Canada linked India with the murder of separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen who was shot dead in his vehicle by two masked gunmen outside a Sikh temple in British Columbia.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada's intelligence agencies were investigating whether "agents of the government of India" were involved in the killing of Nijjar - who India designated a terrorist in 2020.
Who was Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar?
India reacted strongly, saying Canada was trying to "shift the focus from Khalistani terrorists and extremists" who had been given shelter there. The Indian government has often reacted sharply to demands by Sikh separatists in Western countries for Khalistan, or a separate Sikh homeland.
The Khalistan movement peaked in India in the 1980s with a violent insurgency centred in Sikh-majority Punjab state.
It was quelled by force and has little resonance in India now, but is still popular among some in the Sikh diaspora in countries such as Canada, Australia and the UK.
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India Suspends Visas for Canadians, Escalating Clash Over Sikh’s Killing (Published 2023)
The move followed Canada’s claim of Indian government involvement in the assassination of a Canadian citizen who supported a separatist cause.
India Suspends Visas for Canadians, Escalating Clash Over Sikh’s Killing (Published 2023)
The move followed Canada’s claim of Indian government involvement in the assassination of a Canadian citizen who supported a separatist cause.www.nytimes.com
Ahhhhh damn
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Joe Biden raised issue of Canadian Sikh’s death with India’s Modi
White House says targeting dissidents in other countries ‘absolutely unacceptable’
India’s prime minister Narendra Modi and US president Joe Biden at the G20 summit
US President Joe Biden, right, was among western leaders that discussed the death of a Canadian citizen with India’s prime minister Narendra Modi, left, while at the G20 in New Delhi this month © via REUTERS
US President Joe Biden and other western leaders expressed concern to Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, about Canadian claims that New Delhi was involved in the murder of a Sikh separatist in Canada when they met the Indian leader at the G20 this month.
Three people familiar with the discussions at the G20 summit said several members of the Five Eyes — an intelligence-sharing network that includes the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — raised the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar with Modi. One said Biden felt it was important to raise the issue directly with his Indian counterpart.
Adrienne Watson, the White House National Security Council spokesperson, said “targeting dissidents in other countries is absolutely unacceptable and we will keep taking steps to push back on this practice”.
The leaders intervened at the G20 summit after Canada urged its allies to raise the case directly with Modi, said two people familiar with the situation, who added Ottawa asked them to mention the claims in private.
In a stunning move on Monday, Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, said there were “credible allegations” that Indian government “agents” were behind the murder of Nijjar, who was killed in Surrey, a suburb of Vancouver, in June.
The explosive claim, which New Delhi has dismissed as “absurd”, immediately cratered Canada-India relations. India on Thursday stopped issuing visas to Canadian citizens and ordered Ottawa to reduce its diplomatic presence in the country. Earlier on Thursday, the Canadian foreign ministry said it was adjusting its staff levels at missions in India over concerns about the safety of its diplomats.
The crisis has sparked questions about how Canada’s allies have handled the case, particularly given the intense efforts the Biden administration has made to enhance relations with India in an effort to create a counterweight to China. The US president hosted Modi for a high-profile state visit over the summer.
US officials have strenuously denied that Washington was quiet on the issue to avoid antagonising India. The White House said it was “deeply concerned” after Trudeau made the claims. One person familiar with the thinking inside the administration said Washington concluded it would have been inappropriate to weigh in publicly before the announcement because of possible legal implications for the Canadian investigation.
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday dismissed suggestions that Washington’s desire to bolster ties with New Delhi would constrain its ability to voice concerns about the allegations. He said the administration took the allegations “seriously” and would defend US principles regardless of the country involved. He said the US was consulting closely with Canada.
“We are in constant contact with our Canadian counterparts,” said Sullivan, adding that the US had also been “in touch” with India’s government.
The White House declined to comment on whether Biden had raised the issue with Modi at the G20.
Speaking to reporters in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong said Canberra had “raised our concerns” with New Delhi without giving details.
Canada’s public broadcaster on Thursday reported, citing federal government sources, that intelligence obtained by the Canadian government relating to Nijjar’s killing included communications involving Indian officials and Indian diplomats that were based in Canada.
Trudeau’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Joe Biden raised Canadian Sikh’s death with India’s Narendra Modi at G20
White House says targeting dissidents in other countries ‘absolutely unacceptable’
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Joe Biden raised issue of Canadian Sikh’s death with India’s Modi
White House says targeting dissidents in other countries ‘absolutely unacceptable’
India’s prime minister Narendra Modi and US president Joe Biden at the G20 summit
US President Joe Biden, right, was among western leaders that discussed the death of a Canadian citizen with India’s prime minister Narendra Modi, left, while at the G20 in New Delhi this month © via REUTERS
US President Joe Biden and other western leaders expressed concern to Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, about Canadian claims that New Delhi was involved in the murder of a Sikh separatist in Canada when they met the Indian leader at the G20 this month.
Three people familiar with the discussions at the G20 summit said several members of the Five Eyes — an intelligence-sharing network that includes the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — raised the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar with Modi. One said Biden felt it was important to raise the issue directly with his Indian counterpart.
Adrienne Watson, the White House National Security Council spokesperson, said “targeting dissidents in other countries is absolutely unacceptable and we will keep taking steps to push back on this practice”.
The leaders intervened at the G20 summit after Canada urged its allies to raise the case directly with Modi, said two people familiar with the situation, who added Ottawa asked them to mention the claims in private.
In a stunning move on Monday, Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, said there were “credible allegations” that Indian government “agents” were behind the murder of Nijjar, who was killed in Surrey, a suburb of Vancouver, in June.
The explosive claim, which New Delhi has dismissed as “absurd”, immediately cratered Canada-India relations. India on Thursday stopped issuing visas to Canadian citizens and ordered Ottawa to reduce its diplomatic presence in the country. Earlier on Thursday, the Canadian foreign ministry said it was adjusting its staff levels at missions in India over concerns about the safety of its diplomats.
The crisis has sparked questions about how Canada’s allies have handled the case, particularly given the intense efforts the Biden administration has made to enhance relations with India in an effort to create a counterweight to China. The US president hosted Modi for a high-profile state visit over the summer.
US officials have strenuously denied that Washington was quiet on the issue to avoid antagonising India. The White House said it was “deeply concerned” after Trudeau made the claims. One person familiar with the thinking inside the administration said Washington concluded it would have been inappropriate to weigh in publicly before the announcement because of possible legal implications for the Canadian investigation.
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday dismissed suggestions that Washington’s desire to bolster ties with New Delhi would constrain its ability to voice concerns about the allegations. He said the administration took the allegations “seriously” and would defend US principles regardless of the country involved. He said the US was consulting closely with Canada.
“We are in constant contact with our Canadian counterparts,” said Sullivan, adding that the US had also been “in touch” with India’s government.
The White House declined to comment on whether Biden had raised the issue with Modi at the G20.
Speaking to reporters in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong said Canberra had “raised our concerns” with New Delhi without giving details.
Canada’s public broadcaster on Thursday reported, citing federal government sources, that intelligence obtained by the Canadian government relating to Nijjar’s killing included communications involving Indian officials and Indian diplomats that were based in Canada.
Trudeau’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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This will probably blow over but Modi is such an autocratic dikk head with a god complex
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Schlinder got a bunch of attention as a never-trumper, but he's still an arrogant right-winger who is usually wrong. And this whole realpolitic bullshyt is obnoxious.
That's a solid summary. It's fukking crazy how many people have been arrested on false charges over the last decade in India, and the world isn't talking about it like they do when it's China.
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These men and women have struggled either in securing regular hearings, or in having their basic human rights protected, or both.
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They arrested a 60+ year old Catholic priest and accused him of terrorism solely because he was a tribal rights activist. They accused him of secretly being a Maoist even though he was a fukking Jesuit. He died in prison.
Father Stan Swamy: Courageous Indian Priest Accused of Terrorism - Christianity Today
He fought the government over how it treated its most vulnerable. They hit back.
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Journalists trying to cover riots are picked up by the cops and accused of taking part in the riots if the police don't like their coverage.
CAA/NRC: Journalists Covering Protests Face Police Ire Across States | NewsClick
In Delhi, the Kerala Union of Working Journalists held a protest on Saturday.
Even if there's not an ongoing riot, they'll pick you up and arrest you claiming you were going to start a riot if you go to cover a story they don't want to get out.
Siddique Kappan: Indian journalist released from jail after two years
Siddique Kappan was arrested in 2020 while he was on his way to report on the alleged rape of a Dalit woman.
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That's a solid summary. It's fukking crazy how many people have been arrested on false charges over the last decade in India, and the world isn't talking about it like they do when it's China.
A List of Activists, Scholars and Scribes Whose Personal Liberty Remains at Judiciary's Mercy
These men and women have struggled either in securing regular hearings, or in having their basic human rights protected, or both.
They arrested a 60+ year old Catholic priest and accused him of terrorism solely because he was a tribal rights activist. They accused him of secretly being a Maoist even though he was a fukking Jesuit. He died in prison.
Father Stan Swamy: Courageous Indian Priest Accused of Terrorism - Christianity Today
He fought the government over how it treated its most vulnerable. They hit back.
Journalists trying to cover riots are picked up by the cops and accused of taking part in the riots if the police don't like their coverage.
CAA/NRC: Journalists Covering Protests Face Police Ire Across States | NewsClick
In Delhi, the Kerala Union of Working Journalists held a protest on Saturday.www.newsclick.in
Even if there's not an ongoing riot, they'll pick you up and arrest you claiming you were going to start a riot if you go to cover a story they don't want to get out.
Siddique Kappan: Indian journalist released from jail after two years
Siddique Kappan was arrested in 2020 while he was on his way to report on the alleged rape of a Dalit woman.www.bbc.com
nationalist conservative right-wing ideology is fascist at it's core. I always feel like they're trolling whenever they proclaim, they're the largest democracy.
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So? He’s right about intelligence and the history.
I was listening to a Canadian left podcast and apparently the Globe And Mail newspaper had the story and spooked the government into announcing it. This why Trudeau looks so isolated right now. Canada did not want to announce it. That’s why there’s so much behind the scenes scheming.