Tara Singh Hayer | |
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| Born | November 15, 1936 Paddi Jagir, Punjab, British India |
| Died | November 18, 1998 (aged 62) Surrey, British Columbia, Canada |
| Cause of death | Assassination by shooting |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Newspaper publisher |
| Known for | Founding the Indo-Canadian Times; and being the first journalist in Canada killed for their work |
| Spouse | Baldev Kaur |
| Children | 4, including Dave |
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Tara Singh Hayer OBC (November 15, 1936 – November 18, 1998) was an Indian-Canadian newspaper publisher and editor who was murdered after his outspoken criticism of fundamentalist violence and terrorism.[1] In particular, he was a key witness in the trial of the Air India Flight 182 bombing.[2]
Hayer was the founder of the Indo-Canadian Times, the largest and oldest Punjabi-language weekly newspaper in Canada and the leading Punjabi-language newspaper in North America.[3][4] The paper—distributed in Canada, the United States, and England—was regularly used by Hayer to speak out against violent extremist groups.[3][4][5]
He is the first, and one of the few journalists in Canada, to have been killed specifically for their work.[3][6]
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- ^ "CJFE welcomes Air India report; calls for killers of journalist to be brought to justice at last". IFEX. June 18, 2010. Archived from the original on May 23, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Journalist Tara Singh Hayer's assassination still unsolved 20 years after fatal shooting". vancouversun. Archived from the original on May 23, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ a b "1995 Recipient: Tara Singh Hayer – Surrey : Order of BC". Archived from the original on May 23, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/lbrr/archives/cn33719-2-2-eng.pdf Archived September 1, 2020, at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Take action to end impunity :Tara Singh Hayer". Index on Censorship. November 18, 2011. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.