After the death in June of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a high-profile Canadian Sikh activist, outside a Gurdwara in British Columbia, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents visited several Sikh activists in California this summer with an alarming message: their lives were also at risk. The warnings have taken on a new urgency after Canada’s revelation that it has credible intelligence pointing to Indian government involvement in the assassination. The killing has also put a spotlight on Sikh activism in the United Kingdom. The BBC has republished Jagtar Singh Johal's story. It says the human rights group Reprieve says it has compelling evidence that Johal's arrest in India followed a tip-off from British security agencies. British Sikhs have long talked about feeling under undue pressure, as the Indian government has openly demanded that UK authorities do more to stamp out extremism within the community.
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