Amnesty International Declares Its First ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ in Canada | The Tyee
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Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Dsta’hyl was sentenced to house arrest earlier this month for opposing the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Dsta’hyl was sentenced to house arrest earlier this month for opposing the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

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“I was well within my rights and I was not doing anything unjust,” Dsta’hyl told reporters on Wednesday. “We were seizing equipment that was destroying our lands.”

He may well have been within his rights. But it also seems clear that he was not imprisoned “solely because of his political, religious, or other conscientiously held beliefs.” I don’t understand the rationale for this declaration.

Imprisoned != house arrest

That’s an extremely concerning take

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