The CBC’s The Fifth Estate documentary has been blocked from being viewed by a community of people worldwide as a result of YouTube forcing this measure. This documentary, ‘Contract to Kill’, casts light on the accusations regarding the hiring of a maligned person by an Indian cab company to assassinate a Canadian Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar. This is perhaps a result of IT Act provisions, which the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology directs. The video, according to the report, would be originally from security cameras purported to be used in the assassination of Najjar on June 18, 2023.
CBC has received an email from YouTube saying
that they will block the video from being accessed all over India. YouTube India confirmed this by stating that the content has been blocked on the latter’s platform. X (which used to be known as Twitter) also confirmed getting a legalisation order from the Indian government about this story. X objected to this point and brought to light the need for freedom of expression to enlist the scope of posts. In this case, these individuals are working with Indian authorities using this legal process.
As reported by the CBC, the movie comprised videos of Nijjar parking the car behind the centre of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, Canada, on the very evening, which would later seal a life sentence for him. He advanced towards the exit when a white sedan suddenly blocked his way while two people appeared from the inside. Then they turned around and escaped in a silver Toyota Camry, firing Nijjar beforehand.
The murder of Nijjar aggravated the relations between Canada and India, which Canada’s PM Trudeau blamed on the Indian government rather than the perpetrators. On the one hand, India argues that Canada does not possess sufficient proof to substantiate its claims, while on the other hand, Canada emphasizes the facts!
In a separate incident, the US White House and FBI accused separation activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun´s murder attempt as believable in the United States. Nevertheless, India replied by doing things non-aggressively, namely by promising to investigate the matter instead. However, Canada falsely pursued it.
This still influences Russia and the global balance of power, as it carries implications for the Indian government’s possible involvement and the potential international response to such allegations.
