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Canada-India tension over Sikh activists (UN urging protect)

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In early August 2026, five United Nations special rapporteurs—Ben Saul, Gina Romero, Andrea Bolanos Vargas, George Katrougalos, and Nazila Ghanea—reiterated their June 3 call for the Canadian government to implement urgent safety measures for Moninder Singh, chair of the Sikh Federation Canada. Singh, a Surrey resident, has received four police “duty-to-warn” notices since July 2022 citing credible, imminent threats. The experts requested details on police investigations and noted the similarity to warnings issued before the 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. ~~The World Sikh Organization of Canada welcomed the UN intervention, viewing it as an acknowledgment of long-standing intimidation concerns.~~ Parallel to the situation involving Singh, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has issued “duty to warn” letters to several Sikh activists involved in campaigns advocating for an independent Sikh state, known as Khalistan. Recipients include Inderjeet Singh Gosal of Caledon, Ontario; Manjinder Singh of Abbotsford, British Columbia; and Narinder Singh Randhawa of Surrey, British Columbia. On August 16, 2026, Randhawa received his second such warning. ~~Regarding Gosal,~~ On August 26, 2026, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a ~~coordinator~~ dual Canadian-U.S. citizen and lawyer with Sikhs for ~~the Khalistan referendum movement,~~ Justice, reported receiving a new “duty to warn” notification from the RCMP ~~noted that while family~~ regarding a credible and friends are not direct targets, they could be harmed during any attempt on the activists' lives. Authorities also advised that frequenting locations associated with criminal activity could increase personal risk. Gosal declined an offer imminent threat to ~~enter the witness protection program, citing~~ his ~~commitment~~ life. Pannun stated the RCMP issued the warning due to his ~~cause. These developments continue~~ Canadian citizenship, noting it mirrored a ~~period of heightened tension following~~ notification received from the ~~June 2023 killing~~ FBI earlier that month. Pannun alleges these threats are evidence of ~~Hardeep Singh Nijjar, which Canadian officials and~~ “ongoing transnational repression by India against the ~~RCMP have linked to Indian-based actors and organized crime,~~ pro-Khalistan movement,” claiming over 100 Canadians are on a “kill list” under surveillance by Indian intelligence. This follows previous U.S. Justice Department allegations ~~that India has denied.~~ involving an assassination plot against Pannun and the guilty plea of Nikhil Gupta for murder-for-hire conspiracy.

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