Canada: Charges must be dropped against Wet’suwet’en land defenders and their supporters

By Amnesty International

Ahead of the next round of trials slated to begin for land defenders from the Wet’suwet’en Nation and their supporters, Amnesty International is calling on the government of British Columbia to immediately drop all the charges. “Indigenous peoples who have engaged in peaceful actions to defend the land should not be criminalized solely for exercising […] The post Canada: Charges must be dropped against Wet’suwet’en land defenders and their supporters appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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