{"id":10002,"date":"2023-09-25T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=10002"},"modified":"2023-10-11T10:34:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T00:34:15","slug":"what-might-australia-learn-from-the-nijjar-affair-and-the-breakdown-in-canada-india-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/what-might-australia-learn-from-the-nijjar-affair-and-the-breakdown-in-canada-india-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"What might Australia learn from the Nijjar affair and the breakdown in Canada\u2013India relations?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/ian-hall\/\">IAN HALL<\/a>  |  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justin Trudeau\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-66848041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement<\/a>&nbsp;that Canadian authorities suspect India had some role in the killing of Sikh separatist leader&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-66860510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hardeep Singh Nijjar<\/a>&nbsp;outside a temple in Surrey, British Columbia on 18 June was dramatic, but hardly unexpected. The Canadian media began speculating about India\u2019s possible involvement soon after Nijjar\u2019s murder, prompted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9784316\/hardeep-singh-nijjar-death-surrey-b-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leaks from the intelligence services<\/a>. Other media outlets&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/explainers\/explained-how-three-khalistani-terrorists-died-suddenly-in-past-two-months-12765982.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quickly connected the case<\/a>&nbsp;to the untimely deaths of two other Sikh activists. Avtar Singh Khanda led a violent protest outside the Indian High Commission in London in March and died a few days before Nijjar, and Paramjit Singh Panjwar was shot by unidentified gunmen in Lahore, Pakistan, in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Delhi has\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mea.gov.in\/press-releases.htm?dtl\/37125\/India+rejects+allegations+by+Canada\" target=\"_blank\">rejected<\/a>\u00a0Trudeau\u2019s claims, but this issue is not going to go away. Nor is it likely to remain within the bounds of the Canada-India relationship. Given the patchy and contested information we have at this point, what might Australia learn from the Nijjar affair and how should Canberra respond?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Please click here to read the full &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.org.au\/what-might-australia-learn-from-the-nijjar-affair-and-the-breakdown-in-canada-india-relations\/\">What might Australia learn from the Nijjar affair and the breakdown in Canada\u2013India relations?<\/a>&#8221; article published at The Strategist, written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/asia-institute\">Griffith Asia Institute<\/a> member, Professor Ian Hall.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IAN HALL | Justin Trudeau\u2019s&nbsp;announcement&nbsp;that Canadian authorities suspect India had some role in the killing of Sikh separatist leader&nbsp;Hardeep Singh Nijjar&nbsp;outside a temple in Surrey, British Columbia on 18 June was dramatic, but hardly unexpected. 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