Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

March 8, 2024

Oregon's Fusion Center Spied on Activists -- Violated Oregon's Law on Surveillance


Rogue Climate

Fusion Centers, where law enforcement agencies share information, have been secretly violating rights and laws. The first Native American Tribe to join a law enforcement Fusion Center was the Tohono O'odham Nation in Arizona, enabling it to share surveillance with state and federal agencies. The Fusion Center in North Dakota, during the resistance to Dakota Access Pipeline, secretly engaged in surveillance of water protectors. -- Censored News


Civil Liberties Defense Center Crosses Important Hurdle in Case Against Oregon Dept. of Justice

Government Overreach on Activist Surveillance Again


By Civil Liberties Defense Center, Censored News, March 8, 2024

After the events of September 11, 2001, a total of 79 Fusion Centers were created throughout the United States, with the purported goal of helping law enforcement agencies coordinate and share information with each other.

March 6, 2024

Global Mining Convention Protested in Toronto


Global Mining Convention Protested in Toronto

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News
Photos courtesy Mining Injustice Solidarity Network

Mining Injustice Solidarity Network said, "Hundreds out in Toronto to disrupt the gala for PDAC, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, the world’s biggest mining convention."

"We’re not going to let them give each other awards while we’re witnessing Canadian mining destroy, kill and colonize across Turtle Island and around the world."

March 5, 2024

U.S. Federal Court Grants Expedited Appeal in Biden Gaza Genocide Case



Today, March 5, Israel again opened fire on starving Palestinians going for flour.


On Eve of Israeli Assault on Rafah, Court Grants Expedited Appeal in Biden Gaza Genocide Case

By Center for Constitutional Rights, Censored News
Contact: press@ccrjustice.org

Lower Court Declared Israeli Assault Plausible Case of Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza; Meanwhile Mass Starvation Increases

SAN FRANCISCO February 28, 2024 – Late yesterday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion to expedite the appeal of Palestinians and Palestinian-Americans suing U.S. officials for their failure to prevent – and complicity in – Israel’s genocide in Gaza.