YouTube blocks access to Fifth Estate story on killing of B.C. Sikh activist at India's demand
YouTube is blocking access in India to a story by CBC’s The Fifth Estate on the alleged contract killing of a Canadian Sikh separatist after the Indian government demanded the social media platform take that action.
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![Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, on Tuesday, July 2, 2019. In a statement responding to queries about making India part of her mandate probing foreign interference, the Privy Council Office has indicated Nijjar's killing is a matter of criminal investigation by the RCMP. A group of Sikh men speak informally to each other for a posed photograph.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.5197933.1709926281!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/sikh-leaders-back-surrey-police.jpg)
YouTube is blocking access in India to a story by CBC’s The Fifth Estate on the alleged contract killing of a Canadian Sikh separatist after the Indian government demanded the social media platform take that action.