Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

August 8, 2024

'Shut it Down! No Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon' Photos by Center for Biological Diversity

Photo by Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, Censored News

'Shut it Down! No Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon' 

Photos by Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity
 

Standing Rock Media Files at Risk: Minnesota Supreme Court Agrees to Review Unicorn Riot's Win in Court

"Water is life, without water there is no life." Photo credit NBC

Standing Rock Media Files at Risk: Minnesota Supreme Court Agrees to Review Unicorn Riot's Win in Court

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By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 8, 2024

ST PAUL, Minnesota -- The Minnesota Supreme Court has agreed to review the win in court of Unicorn Riot media, which protected the internal files of media coverage of the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Energy Transfer petitioned the higher court to review the decision of the lower court, the Minneapolis Appeals Court. The higher court ruled in favor of Energy Transfer and agreed to the review the case on Tuesday, August 6.

The pipeline owner, which has filed a lawsuit against Greenpeace, Red Warrior Society, and water protectors in North Dakota, wants a privilege log, a document that describes other items that are withheld from production in a civil lawsuit.