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Enforced Disappearance? From Rupi Kaur to Diljit Dosanjh, why are people tweeting ‘Free Jaggi Now’

Twitterati has come out in support of Jagtar Singh Johal from Dumbarton who was reportedly forced into a van by police on 4 November.

The BBC reported that a Scots activist has been arrested in India over claims that he was “influencing the youth through social media”, quoting a Sikh group.

Jagtar Singh, was reportedly in India’s Punjab region with his family ahead of his wedding. The group fear he is be targeted because of his work highlighting the Sikh genocide in 1984. He was in court on Sunday and was expected to appear again on Friday, but has not.

He was reportedly out shopping with his wife to be, and cousin, when the incident happened in Jalandhar in the state of Punjab.

Johal’s crimes reportedly include “running a magazine” in the UK of atrocities during the 1984 Sikh Genocide and “influencing the youth through social media”.

His whereabouts and condition remain unknown, the Sikh Federation said.

His elder brother Gurpreet Singh Johal said: “Unless the British authorities quickly step in this will guarantee a law-abiding British citizen will be illegally detained for some time and will not receive a fair trial.

 

 

 

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