UN Denounces Abuse of Free Assembly Rights for Water Protectors Standing Against DAPL

Submitted by miakah on Fri, 12/02/2016 - 10:32
Type: 
Literature
Publication: 
UN Denounces Abuse of Free Assembly Rights for Water Protectors Standing Against DAPL. ICTMN. 2016.
Year Published: 
2016
Organization: 
Indian Country Today
Description: 

The militarized response to water protectors’ efforts to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline through sacred burial grounds and underneath a key water source constitutes “excessive force” that is directly at odds with the right to assemble peacefully, a key United Nations expert has ruled

Category: 
climate change, fossil fuels, carbon emissions, civil rights, self-determination, sovereignty, planning, policy, international law, water, oil, pipeline

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Website: 
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/11/17/un-denounces-abuse-free-ass…