Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

February 23, 2024

Rising Tide Drowns Mountain Valley Pipeline SLAPP Suit

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Mama Julz, Lakota, spent five days in jail for locking down in support of the resistance to the Appalachian pipeline. After being slapped with excessive bail for a single misdemeanor, she now faces a trial and jail time.

RISING TIDE DROWNS MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE SLAPP SUIT

PRESS RELEASE 2/23/24


By Civil Liberties Defense Center, Censored News, Feb. 23, 2024


CHRISTIANSBURG, Virginia -- This morning, February 23, 2024, the Montgomery County Circuit Court ruled in favor of nonprofit organization Rising Tide North America, dismissing a SLAPP lawsuit against them filed by oil pipeline corporation Mountain Valley Pipeline.