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UN Experts Urge Canada to Protect Sikh Activist Moninder Singh

UN human rights experts have called on Canada to protect Sikh activist Moninder Singh, citing credible threats to his life. The experts have raised alarm over the safety of Singh in Canada, with five UN rapporteurs writing to the Canadian government to step up protection for the threatened activist.

4 Aug, 06:55 — 4 Aug, 20:27
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The GuardianMostly Factual5d ago

UN experts urge Canada to protect Sikh activist amid credible threats to his life

Special rapporteurs say ‘transnational repression by Indian authorities’ has put Moninder Singh in danger UN rights experts have urged Canada to take all feasible measures to protect the Sikh activist Moninder Singh, who has been repeatedly warned by the Canadian authorities of credible threats to his life. In a letter to the Canadian government, the five UN experts raised “concerning allegations of foreign intimidation and reprisals” against Singh, a Canadian national. Continue reading...

By Agence France-Press in Geneva

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cbcHigh4d ago

UN investigators urge Canada to step up protection for threatened Sikh activist

Five UN rapporteurs have written to the government of Canada calling on it to do more to protect Sikh activist Moninder Singh, who has received four "duty to warn" letters for his activism in favour of a separate Sikh homeland. The UN experts say Singh may have been targeted for speaking to the world body, and ask for the Canadian government to respond.

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The IndependentMostly Factual5d ago

UN rights experts raise alarm over threats to Sikh activist Moninder Singh in Canada

UN experts concerns also relayed to India after as Moninder Singh faces imminent threat to his life

By Shweta Sharma

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express-tribuneMostly Factual5d ago

UN experts urge Canada to protect threatened Sikh activist

UN experts raised concerns over alleged foreign intimidation and reprisals against Canadian national Singh

By AFP

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