KC-EU’s Chair Ali Raza Syed for an international enquiry of a Canadian Sikh leader’s murder
Chairman Kashmir Council Europe Ali Raza Syed demanded that there should be an international independent enquiry into the Indian involvement in murder of Canadian Sikh Community Leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused the government of India of involvement in the fatal shooting of the Canadian Sikh leader who was brazenly shot dead outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Colombia (B.C) on June 18 this year.
“Canadian security agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the Government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar,” Trudeau said Monday in a speech to the House of Commons.
In a statement from Brussels, Ali Raza Syed said, Indian involvement in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil is a severe violation of Canada’s sovereignty and is contrary to the fundamental rules by which free, open and democratic societies conduct themselves. Brutal murder of Hardeep Singh who served as the president of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara created fear and panic among the Indian minorities including Sikhs living in other countries.
Ali Raza Syed raised concerns over the Hindutva ideology in India while citing the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. He asserted that this ideology is being employed to justify the persecution of religious and ethnic minorities in India.
Ali Raza Syed said, Indian Modi government was already involved the extra judicial killings in occupied Kashmir, brutal acts against the minorities in different Indian states specially Kashmiris are suffering from Indian atrocities for a long time. In a call for international action, he urged the global community to hold India accountable for its alleged human rights abuses including “extrajudicial” Killings of the people of occupied Kashmir and minorities in different Inian states.
International community should make safety of all countries territorial integrity and independence. Ali Raza Syed demanded that persons involved in the murder of the Canadian Sikh leader should be brought to the court of justice and international community particularly United Nation should take this matter seriously.
Chairman KC-EU Ali Raza Syed said, we shall raise this issue in the European institutions. “We condemned the murder of Hardeep Singh and express our solidarity with the Sikh community,” he said. He also explained, Western world’s lenient approach toward India’s human rights issues resulted to more violations of the human rights in India and occupied Kashmir. So, we demand a strict and independent approach of the world community towards human rights situation in Indian states and Indian occupied Kashmir.
Source: Kashmir Council EU
