About: Tara Singh Hayer

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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. In particular, he was a key witness in the trial of the Air India Flight 182 bombing. He is the first, and one of the few journalists in Canada, to have been killed specifically for their work.

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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. In particular, he was a key witness in the trial of the Air India Flight 182 bombing. 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. The paper—distributed in Canada, the United States, and England—was regularly used by Hayer to speak out against violent extremist groups. He is the first, and one of the few journalists in Canada, to have been killed specifically for their work. (en)
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  • Tara Singh Hayer (en)
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  • Order of British Columbia (en)
  • Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Canada (en)
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  • 1936-11-15 (xsd:date)
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  • Paddi Jagir, Punjab, British India (en)
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  • Assassination by shooting (en)
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  • Surrey, British Columbia, Canada (en)
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  • Founding the Indo-Canadian Times; and being the first journalist in Canada killed for their work (en)
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  • Canadian (en)
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  • Newspaper publisher (en)
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  • If they get me, they get me. There’s nothing I can do and I’m not going to stop my work. (en)
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  • Baldev Kaur (en)
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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. In particular, he was a key witness in the trial of the Air India Flight 182 bombing. He is the first, and one of the few journalists in Canada, to have been killed specifically for their work. (en)
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  • Tara Singh Hayer (en)
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