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Geneva: The Modi government\u2019s transnational repression of Sikhs living abroad came under international scrutiny during a high-profile conference organized by the Sikh Federation UK on the sidelines of the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, titled \u201cCountering Indian Transnational Repression: Sikh Resistance and United Nations,\u201d the conference brought together Sikh diaspora leaders from Canada, the UK, Australia, the US, and Switzerland to expose the Modi regime\u2019s systematic targeting of activists and communities living outside India.<\/p>\n
Speakers highlighted decades of repression, noting that since the 1984 attack on Sri Harmandir Sahib and the rise of the Khalistan movement, India has maintained surveillance, intimidation, blacklisting, and passport restrictions to control Sikhs abroad. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, this transnational repression has intensified, including the creation of dossiers, threats, coercion, extrajudicial killings, and pressure on \u201cfriendly\u201d governments.<\/p>\n
Conference participants warned that dossiers and intelligence gathering have already led to assassinations in 2023 and jeopardized the safety of family members in India, while peaceful activists abroad are increasingly branded as extremists. The diaspora now faces chilling effects, travel restrictions, and forced compliance, yet remains vocal on issues of self-determination and human rights.<\/p>\n
A key appeal of the event was for the UN to appoint special rapporteurs to document human rights violations and ensure international monitoring and accountability for India\u2019s treatment of ethnic and religious minorities. UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker T\u00fcrk underscored the need for \u201czero tolerance\u201d toward such transnational repression.<\/p>\n
The conference highlighted Modi\u2019s chilling April 2024 statement, \u201cWe no longer send dossiers, we go into their homes to kill them,\u201d as evidence of the urgent threat facing the Sikh diaspora. Organizers warned that without coordinated global action, India\u2019s TNR strategy could undermine sovereignty, the rule of law, and basic freedoms in democratic nations.<\/p>\n
Observers said the Geneva event marked a milestone, bringing the plight of Sikhs to a global platform and uniting diaspora communities in the fight against the Modi regime\u2019s escalating extraterritorial intimidation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Geneva: The Modi government\u2019s transnational repression of Sikhs living abroad came under international scrutiny during a high-profile conference organized by the Sikh Federation UK on the sidelines of the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. According to Kashmir Media Service, titled \u201cCountering Indian Transnational Repression: Sikh Resistance and United Nations,\u201d …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":168818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geneva"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t