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  1. Wet'suwet'en Testify on #PoliceBrutality, #Imprisonment, at Inter-American Commission on #HumanRights

    By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, July 10, 2023

    "Wet’suwet’en described their struggle to defend their land, waters, and rights to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (#IACHR) in a virtual hearing. Joined by #AmnestyInternational, representatives from the Nation described the ongoing unjust #criminalization and #harassment of #LandDefenders opposing the construction of the #CoastalGasLink (#CGL) #pipeline through Wet’suwet’en territory. The Canadian government responded to the testimony of the Wet’suwet’en delegation. The testimony described the attacks on the Nation’s rights, including the right to free, prior and informed consent to resource-extraction projects affecting their territory, as upheld in the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples."

    Read more:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/07

    #Canada #ACAB
    #Wetsuweten #FirstNations #IndigenousNews
    #UN #DeclarationOfRights of #IndigenousPeoples
    #CulturalGenocide #Pipelines