Three Wet’suwet’en land defenders—Sleydo’ (Molly Wickham), Shay Lynn Sampson and Corey Jocko—were found guilty of criminal contempt in British Columbia in January 2024. The proceedings concerned resistance to the Coastal GasLink pipeline and an injunction restricting interference with construction.
The court then considered allegations of police misconduct connected to the arrests. Supporters argued that prosecution of land defenders violated Indigenous rights and called for an end to the cases.
The cases were heard in Canada and concerned enforcement of the pipeline injunction in British Columbia.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24012024/first-nations-activists-fighting-coastal-gaslink-pipeline/
https://www.lrwc.org/open-letter-premier-david-eby-stop-the-criminalization-of-wetsuweten-land-defenders/
