Bangladesh slams Canada for offering shelter to murderers

Amid the continued tensions between India and Canada over Justine Trudaue’s baseless allegations relating to the loss of life of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Bangladesh has now prolonged help to India, slamming Canada, whereas voicing its personal grievances. In an unique interview with India Today, Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister, AK Abdul Momen stated that Canada ought to cease sheltering all of the murderers.

“Canada must not be a hub of all the murderers. The murderers can go to Canada and take shelter, and they can have a wonderful life while those they killed, their relatives are suffering,” he was quoted as saying.

“We have a very good relationship with India and we have a good relationship with Canada. Both countries are friends. I don’t know the details of this issue between India and Canada but I know the issue we have with Canada,” he added.

The predominant supply of rivalry within the case of Bangladesh is Canada’s refusal to extradite Noor Chowdhury, the person who admitted to killing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh.

Momen’s sharp comment highlights a rising concern amongst different nations that Canada’s extradition coverage, notably its opposition to the loss of life sentence, is serving as a protect for criminals.

“Our judiciary is very independent and the government cannot intervene in that. But, [Noor Chowdhury] has the scope for a life sentence. If he comes back to Bangladesh, both Noor Chowdhury and Rashid Chowdhury can ask for a mercy petition from the president of the country. And the President may grant them the mercy petition and change it from execution to a life sentence,” Momen additional stated highlighting the problem of capital punishment.

The potential abuse of human rights is one other difficulty raised by the Foreign Minister that’s extra basic and common. The Minister burdened that many individuals abuse the concept of human rights at numerous occasions. This is especially horrible as a result of it has often been used as justification by some to defend murderers, killers, and terrorists. 

As per the experiences, the politics surrounding extradition between Canada and nations like Bangladesh and India are consultant of a wider story. They spotlight the difficulties nations have in placing a steadiness between worldwide regulation, human rights, and nationwide safety. Although Canada’s place is predicated on its dedication to human rights, its allies more and more see it as a doable opening for terrorists and criminals.

Earlier on September 26, Sri Lanka additionally backed India amid the continued tensions between India and Canada. Sri Lankan overseas minister Ali Sabry stated that terrorists have discovered secure haven within the North American nation. “Some of the terrorists have found safe haven in Canada. The Canadian PM has this way of just coming out with some outrageous allegations without any supporting proof. The same thing they did for Sri Lanka, a terrible, total lie about saying that Sri Lanka had a genocide. Everybody knows there was no genocide in our country,” he stated.

“The ministry of global affairs has very clearly said that Sri Lanka did not go through a genocide, whereas PM Trudeau as a politician stands up and says that genocide had taken place. That itself is contradictory to each other. That doesn’t help,” the Sri Lankan minister added.

Also, outgoing Sri Lankan excessive commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda had prolonged help to India over the problem. “I think India’s response has been inequitable and also firm and direct. And I think as far as we are concerned, we support India on that,” he stated.

In an surprising assertion final week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated his nation’s intelligence businesses have been wanting right into a “potential link” between “agents of the Indian government” and Nijjar’s loss of life. Nijjar was known as a “Canadian citizen” by Trudeau.

In retaliation to Ottawa’s elimination of an Indian official over the case, New Delhi clearly rejected the costs as “absurd” and “motivated,” and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat.

Nijjar, one in all India’s most wished terrorists, with a Rs 10 lakh money reward on his head, was shot useless on June 18 by two unidentified shooters outdoors a gurudwara in Surrey. He was the Khalistan Tiger Force’s (KTF) commander.

In a strongly worded assertion, India stated that Canada’s claims seemed to be “politically motivated” and urged the Trudeau authorities to crack down arduous on terrorists and anti-India components working on its soil. As a results of the diplomatic blockade over Nijjar’s homicide, India has now suspended visa providers for Canadians.

Recently, on Monday, September 25, the Indian Government additionally introduced that it was within the technique of cancelling the registration of over a dozen Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card holders for finishing up pro-Khalistan actions and anti-India propaganda.