Modi in Canada
What Canadians Should Know About Harper's New Guest
Bunsha, Dionne
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/04/17/modi-in-canada/
Date Written: 2015-04-17
Publisher: CounterPunch
Year Published: 2015
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX17591
When Stephen Harper hosts Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his visit to Canada this week, they will be greeted with both adoring fans and with protests. Modi, an extremist Hindu nationalist, has a strong support base within a section of the Indian community. But his past comes back to haunt him. A human rights organization called Sikhs for Justice has appealed to the Canadian government to prosecute Modi for the massacre of Muslims in Gujarat.
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