Demonstrators gather in support of Khalistan during a Sikh rally outside the Consulate General of India, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 25, 2023. © Cole BURSTON / AFP
Canadian broadcaster CBC has received emails from YouTube and X saying New Delhi had directed them to take down the video.
New Delhi has reportedly ordered at least two online platforms to block a Canadian documentary in India, on the killing of a Sikh separatist. The development comes amid a diplomatic standoff between the two countries.
The video report, part of Canadian state broadcaster CBC's ‘
The Fifth Estate’ series, sought to investigate the fatal shooting of prominent Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last June. Nijjar vocally supported the creation of an independent Khalistan state – a homeland for India's minority Sikhs. New Delhi sees pro-Khalistan sentiment as a threat to its internal security, and designated Nijjar a
“terrorist” in 2020.
Last September, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
linked the assassination to India, triggering a feud. New Delhi has vehemently
denied the allegations and called them
“absurd.”