PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA Justin Trudeau accuses Indian authorities of being behind the murder of Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia in June and expelled an Indian diplomat from the country. Trudeau reportedly raised the issue with the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at the G20 meeting last week and discussed it with the American and French presidents as well as the British Prime Minister.
Nijjar was a prominent figure in the so-called Khalistan movement, which seeks independence for the Indian state of Punjab to avoid what it sees as religious oppression and who, on several occasions in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, been in violent conflict with the Indian state. State. India’s foreign ministry now rejects Trudeau’s accusations as “absurd” and believes they divert attention from Khalistan. “terrorists and extremists who have received protection in Canada, where they continue to threaten the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India”. Radio-Canada/BBC News/AP News
FIVE AMERICAN CITIZENS imprisoned in Iran, some for several years and considered in the West as political hostages, are on their way to the United States as part of an exchange agreement. The Biden administration has released a similar number of Iranians and released $6 billion frozen in an account in South Korea to repatriate Americans. CNN
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