Canada: Sentencing of Land Defenders
The sentencing of three land defenders in Canada has sent a chilling message about the threats facing people and nations on the front lines of the struggle for Indigenous rights and environmental justice.
A British Columbia judge handed down sentences for three Indigenous land defenders who were arrested in November 2021 during a heavily militarized Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) raid on the unceded ancestral territory of the Wet’suwet’en Nation.
The sentencing of three land defenders criminalized by Canada sends a chilling message about the threats facing people and Nations on the front lines of the struggle for Indigenous rights and environmental justice.
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Author's summary: Canada's sentencing of land defenders sparks concern.
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