Just over a year ago, Nijjar was murdered outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey; four Indian nationals have since been charged.
A Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival film screening has a B.C. writer raising links between white supremacy and two murders.
In a recent interview with broadcaster and writer Gurpreet Singh, Nijjar said that he might die at the hands of Indian agents.
ਕੁਝ ਲੋਕ ਹਰਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਨਿੱਝਰ ਦੇ 18 ਜੂਨ ਦੇ ਕਤਲ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਭਾਰਤ ਅਤੇ ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਦੀਆਂ ਖੁਫੀਆ ਏਜੰਸੀਆਂ ‘ਤੇ ਧਿਆਨ ਕੇਂਦਰਿਤ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ। ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਿੱਖ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਸੁਸਾਇਟੀ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਹੋਣ ਦੇ ਨਾਤੇ, ਨਿੱਝਰ ਅਕਸਰ ਖਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ ਨਾਮਕ ਇੱਕ ਆਜ਼ਾਦ ਸਿੱਖ ਦੇਸ਼ ਦੇ ਹੱਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੋਲਦੇ ਸਨ।
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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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