Skip to main content
Start of content

SDIR Committee Meeting

Notices of Meeting include information about the subject matter to be examined by the committee and date, time and place of the meeting, as well as a list of any witnesses scheduled to appear. The Evidence is the edited and revised transcript of what is said before a committee. The Minutes of Proceedings are the official record of the business conducted by the committee at a sitting.

For an advanced search, use Publication Search tool.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.

Previous day publication Next day publication

Minutes of Proceedings

Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (SDIR)
43rd Parliament, 2nd Session
Meeting 25
Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 6:38 p.m. to 8:07 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
Peter Fonseca, Chair (Liberal)

Expand AllCollapse All
• Yvan Baker for Anita Vandenbeld (Liberal)
• Garnett Genuis for Hon. Michael D. Chong (Conservative)
• Sameer Zuberi for Iqra Khalid (Liberal)
• Jag Sahota (Conservative)
Briefing on the Persecution of Religious and Ethnic Minorities in Afghanistan
Manmeet Singh Bhullar Foundation
• Jasjeet S. Ajimal, Co-Chair, Save Afghan Minorities Project
• Tarjinder Kaur Bhullar, Director
Canadian Hazara Humanitarian Services
• Melissa Kerr Chiovenda, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• William Maley, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
• Ali Mirzad, Senior Advisor
• Niamatullah Ibrahimi, Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University, Australia
World Sikh Organization of Canada
• Balpreet Singh, Legal Counsel
United Sikhs
• Gurvinder Singh, Director, International Humanitarian Aid
• Sukhwinder Singh, National Director
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the subcommittee on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, the subcommittee proceeded to a briefing on the persecution of religious and ethnic minorities in Afghanistan, including but not limited to the situation of Hazaras, Sikhs, and Hindus.

Balpreet Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Gurvinder Singh, Tarjinder Kaur Bhullar and Ali Mirzad made statements and, with the other witnesses, answered questions.

At 8:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 115(5), it was agreed that the subcommittee continue to sit.

At 8:07 p.m., the subcommittee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Erica Pereira
Committee Clerk