US Justice Department has filed indictment against a former Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) official Vikash Yadav. He is charged with "murder-for-hire", and other serious crimes, including conspiracy to money laundering.
The Sikh Federation International, an coalition body of Sikh Federations based in USA, Canada, UK Australia and Europe, has issued a statement saying “Resolution of diplomatic tensions with India must address Sikh self-determination”
In a written statement, the Sikh Youth of America (SYA) has condemned India's alleged ongoing violence and transitional repression against Sikhs globally.
The US Justice Department has unsealed indictment charging an employee of Indian Government and a former Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) official Vikas Yadav for attempting to get a US citizen Sikh activist assassinated in US.
On September 19, 2024 United States Representative for California's 30th congressional district Adam Schiff introduced the bipartisan Transnational Repression Reporting Act of 2024 which would require the Attorney General, in coordination with other relevant federal agencies, to submit a report of cases of transnational repression against U.S. citizens or people in the United States.
A group of U.S. Senators has called for a strong diplomatic response to allegations of an Indian government plot to assassinate an American citizen on U.S. soil. In a joint letter dated 17th of June 2024, addressed to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Senators Jeffrey Merkley, Chris Van Hollen, Tim Kaine, Bernard Sanders, and Ron Wyden expressed "deep concern about credible allegations" and demanded accountability for those involved.
Canadian authorities have arrested three persons in connection to the murder of Bhai Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Last June, Bhai Nijjar, a Sikh activist, was tragically assassinated in Canada.
Dal Khalsa, a pro-Sikh freedom group, has issued a written statement after media reports made certain revelations about India’s findings on involvement of Indian officials in a plot to kill a Sikh activist on US soil. The plot was foiled by US agencies.
Indian authorities should conduct thorough and impartial investigations into allegations that government agents were involved in assassination plots against Sikh separatists in the United States and Canada, Human Rights Watch said today.
The Sikh Research Institute has recently released a report titled ‘Sikh, Panjab, India & the Diaspora: Locating Current Crisis’.
The United States of America’s Justice Department on November 29, 2023 unsealed the indictment against an Indian citizen for alleged plot to assassinate a US citizen on US soil.
Dal Khalsa has observed that the recent US indictment of Indian agents for plotting to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannu has nailed all lies and designs of the Indian establishment that was shamelessly denying its newly carved strategy to kill pro-active Sikhs on foreign soil by hiring mercenaries.
We have now learned that India’s terror campaign of killing freedom seeking Sikhs across the world includes targets in the world’s most powerful country, the United States of America. The Financial Times, a newspaper in the United Kingdom, reported on 21 November 2023 that an assassination attempt on Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, General Counsel of Sikhs For Justice, a group advocating an independent Sikh state called Khalistan.