Harper Government Conducts Surveillance of First Nations Instead of Resolving Violations of Indigenous Peoples' Rights
Submitted on December 7, 2011
By The Defenders of the Land - December 6, 2011
The Defenders of the Land...condemned reports that in 2007, the Harper government established a national and international police surveillance network to spy on Indigenous Peoples and their supporters for defending Indigenous Peoples' self-determination and land rights..."Many of the so-called 'communities of concern'...are members of our network. They are not extremists or terrorists. All of their protests or political actions were in defence of their constitutionally recognized and internationally affirmed right of self-determination and land rights as Indigenous Peoples.["]
