Source: CP24 (Canada), August 3, 2026.
Five United Nations human rights experts have formally urged Canada to safeguard Moninder Singh, a 44-year-old Sikh activist and spokesperson for the BC Gurdwaras Council and Sikh Federation Canada, who has received four official "duty to warn" notices from Canadian authorities since 2022 about credible threats to his life. The experts' letter, dated June 3, 2026, was made public in August after standard UN procedure, with a copy also sent to the Indian government.
Singh was a close friend of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was shot dead outside a Sikh temple near Vancouver in 2023, a killing Canadian authorities have linked to agents of the Indian state, an allegation India denies. The UN experts expressed concern about what they termed "transnational repression" targeting Sikh activists abroad, warning that failing to act sends a troubling signal about the safety of diaspora communities who speak out.
The case is being closely watched by the wider Sangat, including families in Jagraon and across Ludhiana district with relatives who settled in British Columbia and other parts of Canada over the decades. Community members here say the safety of gurdwara leaders and activists abroad is inseparable from the safety of the Panth as a whole, and many are hoping the UN intervention brings concrete protective steps rather than just words.
