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Image taken outside the Vancouver Art Gallery during a rally protesting the political coup d'état in Fiji that occurred in May 2000.
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Image taken outside the Vancouver Art Gallery during a rally protesting the political coup d'état in Fiji that occurred in May 2000.
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Image taken outside the Vancouver Art Gallery during a rally protesting the political coup d'état in Fiji that occurred in May 2000.
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Image taken outside the Vancouver Art Gallery during a rally protesting the political coup d'état in Fiji that occurred in May 2000.
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Image taken outside the Vancouver Art Gallery during a rally protesting the political coup d'état in Fiji that occurred in May 2000.
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Image taken outside the Vancouver Art Gallery during a rally protesting the political coup d'état in Fiji that occurred in May 2000.
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Image taken outside the Vancouver Art Gallery during a rally protesting the political coup d'état in Fiji that occurred in May 2000.
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Newspaper clipping titled, "Would-be immigrants' rejection remembered" that discusses the various incidents of racism that members from the South Asian community have faced in Canada, including the Komagata Maru incident that occured on May 23, 1914. It talks about the prevalence of racism experienced by the community in the present as compared to the time of the Komagata Maru incident and the importance of raising awareness about it. The article was published on July 23, 2007 in The Province and written by Cheryl Chan.
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This photograph depicts a South Asian protest march on Harvest Drive and Mountain View Blvd. on January 4, 1981 headed towards the Ladner police station. The mass demonstration was organized in response to the racially motivated arson of the home of Gurdev Singh Sidhu. Included among the demonstrators were people from the BC Organization to Fight Fascism, the Trotskyist League, and the People's Front Against Racist and Fascist Violence and the East Indian Defense Committee. There were estimated to be approximately 300 people participating in the demonstration.
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Photograph of people holding signs reading, "No Law & Order for Muslims in India," "Oppression & Atrocity Against Muslims in India must STOP," and "NON-VIOLENCE Policy A Reality or A MYTH" at a protest against Islamophobia in India outside the Consulate General of India in Vancouver, B.C.

Located in Downtown Vancouver, the Consulate General of India provides the following services: passport, emergency certificates, visa, emergency visa, OCI/PIO, police clearance certificate, renunciation of Indian nationality, attestation, and other services.