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The Wet’suwet’en Nation’s unceded traditional territory is in the province of British Columbia, Canada. For several years now, Wet’suwet’en land defenders have been harassed, intimidated, forcibly removed and criminalized by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for...

Amnesty International calls on British Columbia to drop the charges facing Wet'suwet'en land defenders after a series of brazen RCMP raids.

The Indigenous Wet’suwet’en Nation is protecting its ancestral lands and waterways against the construction of a gas pipeline. Wet’suwet’en land defenders and their supporters who oppose the construction of the pipeline are experiencing surveillance, harassment and intimidation at the hands...

Amnesty International Canada will hand out the honours on October 19 at the organization’s first in-person Media Awards ceremony since 2019.

Canada’s response shows an “embarrassing disrespect” towards the rights and experiences of Indigenous Peoples, the Wet’suwet’en Nation said.

Wet’suwet’en leaders will highlight the unjust criminalization of land defenders opposing the building of the CGL pipeline on their territory.

Celebrate Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQIA+ land and water defenders during National Indigenous History Month 2023.

Every year Amnesty supporters participate in the world's largest human rights event by writing letters and signing petitions in support of people at risk.

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 61/22 UPDATE 1 BELOW Wet’suwet’en land defenders in Canada are at risk of serious human rights violations as the construction of a pipeline is slated to begin in late August 2022. Hereditary chiefs oppose the liquified natural gas pipeline and have not given their consent...

Momin Rahman (he/him) is a Professor of Sociology at Trent University. His current research is on the conflicts between LGBTQ2S identities and Muslim cultures, and the experiences of LGBTQ2S Muslims, including a funded research project on LGBTQ Muslims in Canada. He has presented this work at...

Wet’suwet’en land defenders say they expect work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline to resume in the next few weeks and fear they will face further arrests and human rights violations if the RCMP enforce an injunction to remove people from the construction site. Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs...