Amnesty International responds to B.C. court ruling in Indigenous land defenders’ trial

By Amnesty International

Amnesty International will consider prisoner-of-conscience designations in the cases of three Indigenous land defenders in Canada whose convictions were upheld by a British Columbia court. Sleydo’ (Molly Wickham), a Wing Chief (Cas Yikh house) of the Gidimt’en Clan of the Wet’suwet’en Nation, Shaylynn Sampson, a Gitxsan woman with Wet’suwet’en family connections, and Corey “Jayohcee” Jocko, […] The post Amnesty International responds to B.C. court ruling in Indigenous land defenders’ trial appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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