Pakistan, Feb. 10 -- OTTAWA - Sikhs For Justice, an international Sikh advocacy organization, has urged the Canadian government to reconsider its security engagement with India's national security adviser Ajit Doval, warning that such contacts risk legitimizing alleged transnational repression against Sikh activists in Canada.

In a letter dated Feb. 9 and sent to the minister of public safety, the national security and intelligence adviser to the prime minister, and the secretariat of Parliament's national security committee, the group said meetings between Canadian officials and Doval amount to granting India's Modi government a "license to kill."

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