WSO Legal Counsel, Balpreet Singh, spoke with multiple media outlets about the recent assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) calls on Canadian intelligence and law enforcement to fully investigate the assassination, including the role of foreign interference, specifically from India.
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BREAKING | Brampton City Council received a delegation from the Ontario Gurdwaras Committee to pass a motion calling on the Canadian government to investigate the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, including the role of foreign interference. The motion successfully passed.
Brampton is home to the largest concentration of Sikhs outside Punjab. OGC is one of the largest Gurdwara umbrella associations in Canada as well.
Original Reporting | Modi’s State Visit To America Met With Growing Protests, from @jotikrekhi
“The United States is making a terrible mistake in celebrating and platforming Modi.” - @arjunsethi81
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Sikh groups are among various protesters demonstrating against the USA's welcoming of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The protests are particularly pertinent after a recent uptake in targeting of Sikhs by the Indian State.
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BREAKING | The Govt of India has sent Twitter a legal removal demand in order to censor Baaz in India. No specific violation has been cited in the notice. We continue to freely operate outside India.
India ranks 161 on the @RSF_inter Press Freedom Index, between Afghanistan and Russia.
An audio clip of Bhai Amritpal Singh has come out just now.
- confirms the video is him and he’s speaking freely
- confirms he’s made no demands to the police
- reenforces his message of the need of Sikhs to unite against state oppression
BREAKING | @NDP leader @theJagmeetSingh has called on PM @JustinTrudeau to boycott G20 events in Chandigarh & Kashmir, & ban BJP officials that have made threats to minorities & Canadian MPs, in light of the suppression of civil liberties and democratic norms in Punjab.
Thousands of Sikhs will be heading to London from all over the country to protest against the mass arrests of Sikh activists in Punjab
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Human rights are the basis of any democracy. The Indian state is setting up its own records for violating #HumanRights in every possible way to oppress the Sikhs in India. Why is there a mass atrocity of human rights violation against Sikhs in India? What are the grounds for Amritpal's arrest?
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The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) condemns the security operations in Punjab to arrest Sikh leader, Bhai Amritpal Singh.
Indian authorities have announced the mass suspension of internet services across Punjab until 12pm Sunday citing a threat to “public order by incitement to violence”. State-wide cordon and search operations are currently underway across Punjab.
We are also deeply concerned that the confusion around Bhai Amritpal Singh’s detention may be used to orchestrate a false encounter and facilitate his extrajudicial murder. This tactic was commonly used by the Punjab police through the 80’s and 90’s to eliminate Sikh activists.
We call on the Canadian Government to demand accountability from India and call for the immediate restoration of civil rights and internet services in Punjab.
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Read the full press release here -
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