Canada-India crisis: India's post-colonial era explains why it's on edge about Sikh separatism

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Any Canadian diplomats in India past Oct. 10 are expected to lose their immunity.

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星期三, 十月 4, 2023
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State, Travel, Democracy, Violence, Crime, Conservative Party of Canada, Immunity, Hysteria, History, Trudeau, Movement, Government, Five Eyes, NDP, Conservative Party, Population, FBI, G20, United Kingdom, Death, Hand, Liberal, Shipbuilding, Hunting, Whaling, Film industry, Carpet, Nijjar, Sikhs, Khalistan movement
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  • Any Canadian diplomats in India past Oct. 10 are expected to lose their immunity.
  • The high-profile diplomatic crisis has confirmed rumours of longstanding tensions between the two countries over the issue of Sikh separatism in the Indian state of Punjab.

The facts so far

    • Nijjar, a Canadian citizen wanted in India for alleged terrorist acts, was part of the Khalistan movement calling for a Sikh homeland separate from India’s Punjab state.
    • The movement is controversial because of its organized violence against Indian officials and terrorism-motivated tactics.
    • India and Canada have each expelled diplomats from their respective countries, and India has suspended visas for Canadians as the diplomatic crisis deepens.

Still to be revealed

    • Trudeau has yet to reveal the “credible evidence” provided by Five Eyes linking India to the crime.
    • The FBI has warned American-Sikh activists that their lives are in danger, while U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on India to co-operate with Canada and ensure “accountability” over the killing.
    • But that doesn’t necessarily mean the Indian government had a hand in Nijjar’s murder.

Fraught history

    • India has a painful history with separatism after it gained independence from British colonialism in 1947.
    • Shortly after that, diplomatic and later militaristic crisis over Jammu and Kashmir unfolded, which culminated in two wars between India and Pakistan and several armed engagements.
    • The parallel rise of Naga nationalism in neighbouring Nagaland is also a thorny issue for Indian authorities.

Existential crisis

    • On the other hand, India’s secessionist movements represent an existential crisis threatening everything India has worked towards for the past 76 years.
    • Nijjar’s murder, however, is also a matter of grave importance for Canada.
    • But both Canada and India will need to calculate the risks and repercussions of such a high-profile diplomatic rift in a highly globalized world.
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