40+ Human Rights Lawyers, Organizations, Authors, and First Nation Representatives Call on PM Justin Trudeau and RCMP to Protect Secwepemc Activists from Pipeline Workers
Citing escalated harassment against the Tiny House Warriors, group calls on PM Justin Trudeau to abide by UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and immediately halt Trans Mountain Pipeline construction on Secwepemc lands
Tiny House Warriors and Braided Warriors Accomplices Lock Down on Trans Mountain Site
Land defenders lock down to Trans Mountain Blue River pumping station to send clear message of support to Indigenous land defenders and affirm ‘no consent, no pipelines’
Water Protector Steve Martinez Taken Back Into Custody For Refusal to Cooperate with Grand Jury
Bismarck, ND – Water Protector Steve Martinez was taken back into federal custody in Bismarck, North Dakota yesterday following an appearance before the federal Grand Jury. Martinez is also being fined $50 a day for every day he maintains his refusal to give testimony. He continues to stand in solidarity with his Indigenous relatives and […]
Indigenous Youth Violently Arrested Outside AIG Insurance Return to Film International Human Rights Testimonials
After being violently arrested outside AIG the Braided Warriors will return to film UN Human Rights Testimonials demanding AIG #StopInsuringGenocide
Water Protector Steve Martinez Ordered Released
District Court Judge Traynor, Government Agree with Counsel for Steve Martinez That Finding of Contempt and Sanctions Were Imposed Without Authority and Must Be Terminated
Water Protector Steve Martinez Files Objections to Finding of Civil Contempt
Steve Martinez, jailed in effort to coerce testimony, says proceedings are tainted by due process violations, undue haste, unwarranted secrecy, and the appearance of impropriety
Indigenous Water Protector Jailed in North Dakota for Refusing to Cooperate With Secret Grand Jury
Steve Martinez Takes Principled Stand Against Use of Grand Jury to Repress Indigenous Environmental Movement
UN Orders Canada to Halt Work on Trans Mountain Pipeline
Blue River, BC — A new United Nations report orders Canada to cease construction on the Trans Mountain Pipeline until informed consent is obtained from the Secwepemc people. “Now it is clear to the whole world every minute that Canada continues construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline is a violation of the basic human rights of […]
Secwempemc Activists: ‘Despite Government Approval the TMX Pipeline Will Never be Built’
Blue River, BC — The Tiny House Warriors responded to today’s official approval of the Transmountain Pipeline by insisting that it will never be built on Secwempemc land, which includes 50% of the proposed pipeline route. The Tiny House Warriors are a group of Secwepemc land and water defenders who for the past year, have […]
2017 Was the Deadliest Year on Record for Land and Environmental Defenders
Global Witness today reveals that at least 207 land and environmental defenders were killed last year – indigenous leaders, community activists and environmentalists murdered trying to protect their homes and communities from mining, agribusiness and other destructive industries. Global Witness annual figures show at least 207 land and environmental activists were killed in 2017 across […]
Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline is the Standing Rock of the North
Trans Mountain Pipeline Faces Untenable Risk for Failing to Recognize Indigenous Jurisdiction
Indigenous Activists will Confront Imperial Metals at Annual General Meeting
Vancouver, BC — Indigenous delegates and tribal allies will be confronting Imperial Metals at their Annual General Meeting at the Executive Plaza Hotel Coquitlam, 405 North Road, Coquitlam, British Columbia at 8 a.m. on Thursday, May 25, 2017. “It is clear that there are major human rights and Indigenous rights violations happening within Canada and within […]
Oceti Sakowin Tribal Members Sue Trump Administration to Block Dakota Access Pipeline
Washington, DC — Civil liberties group RevolutionTruth along with lead counsel Bruce Afran filed an emergency lawsuit motion this evening in US District Court on behalf of nearly a dozen plaintiffs from several Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation) tribes. The plaintiffs in Jumping Eagle v. Trump demand an immediate halt to Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) construction beneath Lake […]
Activist Teams Enter Yellowstone Backcountry to Document and Protest Extralegal Wolf Hunt
BILLINGS, MT — Americans outraged with the killing of wolves from Yellowstone National Park (YNP) have organized the Yellowstone Wolf Patrol, whose members have entered the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness to monitor and document Montana’s wolf hunt, which began on September 15th. Nine members of the Wolf Patrol are currently trailing hunters, who in the last two […]