As CGL prepares to drill in Wet’suwet’en lands, Indigenous protesters call for action
The controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline is expected to begin drilling near headwaters of a prominent river inside Wet’suwet’en territory
Wet’suwet’en protesters face surveillance and harassment on Indigenous lands
Traditional leaders and organizers of the Wet’suwet’en movement against Coastal GasLink have pointed out constant police incursions since March and heavy surveillance of protest sites
Israel attacks Al Aqsa, Palestine Action targets Elbit Systems and other stories
Today we look at renewed Israeli attacks on the Al Aqsa mosque, Palestine Action’s protest at an Elbit Systems factory in the UK, and more
Wet’suwet’en activists approach UN over militarization and rights violations
In a strongly worded letter, Indigenous activists fighting against the pipeline construction across Wet’suwet’en lands in Canada have highlighted the violation of their rights
Wet’suwet’en water protectors vow to continue struggle after announcing strategic retreat
In the face of another crackdown by the RCMP, anti-pipeline Wet’suwet’en protesters have retreated from Coyote Camp
Wet’suwet’en activists retake checkpoint a month after police crackdown
Anti-pipeline Indigenous activists, resisting the contentious Coastal GasLink pipeline in Wet’suwet’en have retaken a checkpoint in Coyote Camp, a month after violent crackdown by federal police forces
Canada’s Indigenous communities brave police violence to block pipeline project
Police cracked down on a blockade by members of the Wet’suwet’en tribe and arrested over a dozen people but failed to end the blockade of the drill site. The tribe has been resisting work on TC Energy’s Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline
Indigenous movements and the struggle in defense of land in 2020
On top of the existing violence and institutional impediments, this year was particularly taxing for the defenders of land and environment as they had to face double whammy of COVID-19 pandemic and the intensification of neoliberalism under it
Members of Wet’suwet’en tribe occupy pipeline drillsite in Canada as protests reignite
Members of the Indigenous community have argued that the drillsite of the Coastal GasLink pipeline is at the headwaters of the Wedzin Kwa river, a chief supply of drinking water flowing through the Wet’suwet’en lands
Facebook blocks dozens of accounts just days ahead of anti-pipeline social media campaign
Dozens of Facebook accounts were blocked ahead of a scheduled social media campaign against the Coastal GasLink project, in support of the Wet’suwet’en tribe in Canada
Canada raids Indigenous lands for construction of pipeline, violates international law
Canadian authorities have been carrying out raids on Wet’suwet’en lands since February 6 in violation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Canadian federal police restrict access to Wet’suwet’en Indigenous land
The move is the latest repressive measure in order to push forward the construction of the Coastal GasLink oil pipeline and silence Indigenous opposition
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