联合国五名人权专家致函加拿大政府，要求其采取措施保护锡克活动人士蒙印德·辛格的人身安全。[1]这封信函发出于6月3日，两个月后才被公开。[1]辛格自2022年以来已收到加拿大当局四份关于可信且迫在眉睫的生命威胁警告。[1]
联合国专家指出，针对辛格的威胁属于印度当局针对锡克激进分子的更广泛跨国镇压模式。[1]2023年，辛格的朋友哈迪普·辛格·尼贾尔在温哥华郊区锡克寺庙附近遇刺身亡。[1]加拿大前总理贾斯汀·特鲁多曾公开指控印度参与该事件，后被加拿大情报机构证实。[1]随后，加拿大和印度在2024年互相驱逐了多名外交官。[1]
辛格是主张独立的锡克教国家哈利斯坦的倡导者。[1]他表示："当外国政权敢在加拿大使用暴力压制异议，这表明保护目标社群权利和安全的深层失败。"[1]新任加拿大总理马克·卡尼于去年上台，3月曾访问印度并签署多项贸易协议。[1]
Five United Nations human rights experts have urged the Canadian government to safeguard Monindr Singh, a Sikh activist, after he received multiple warnings of imminent threats to his life. [1] Singh has been notified of four credible death threats by Canadian authorities since 2022. [1] The UN letter, dated June 3, was made public two months later. [1]
The experts characterized these threats as part of a broader pattern of transnational repression by Indian authorities targeting Sikh activists, calling on Canada to accelerate investigations and hold perpetrators accountable. [1] The case follows the 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a friend of Singh's, who was shot near a Sikh temple in the Vancouver suburbs. [1] Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had publicly accused India of involvement in Nijjar's death, an allegation later corroborated by Canadian intelligence agencies. [1] Tensions between Canada and India escalated further in 2024 when both nations expelled multiple diplomats. [1] Current Prime Minister Mark Carney, who took office last year, visited India in March to sign several trade agreements. [1]
Singh, an advocate for an independent Sikh homeland called Khalistan, responded to the threats by stating: "When foreign regimes dare to use violence to suppress dissent in Canada, this reveals a profound failure to protect the rights and safety of targeted communities." [1]