International human rights organizations to monitor sentencing of Indigenous land defenders criminalized by Canada

By Amnesty International

Amnesty International, Peace Brigades International and Front Line Defenders will be closely monitoring the sentencing this week of Indigenous land defenders who have been criminalized by Canada for protecting unceded Wet’suwet’en Territory against the construction of a fossil-fuel pipeline. A delegation of representatives from Amnesty International Canada’s English-speaking section, the organization’s Americas Regional Office, and […] The post International human rights organizations to monitor sentencing of Indigenous land defenders criminalized by Canada appeared first on Amnesty International.…

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