Statement on Leonard Peltier’s Clemency and the Case of Annie Mae Aquash
On January 20, 2025, outgoing US President Joe Biden granted clemency to Leonard Peltier, one of the longest held political prisoners in the US. Now 80 years old, Peltier will serve the remainder of his two consecutive life sentences under house arrest on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota.
Peltier was imprisoned nearly 5 decades ago, in 1977, for the killing of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. Two co-defendants, Bob Robideau and Dino Butler, were found not guilty on the grounds of self-defence in a separate trial. Read the rest of this entry
Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
By APTN National News/The Canadian Press, Jan 20, 2025
Just moments before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.
Peltier was denied parole as recently as July and wasn’t eligible for parole again until 2026. He was serving life in prison for the killings during a standoff on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He will transition to home confinement, Biden said in a statement. Read the rest of this entry
Woodland Cree First Nation blockade Obsidian Energy oil expansion in northern Alberta
By Wallis Snowdon, CBC News, May 8, 2024
Protesters occupying a camp established by a First Nation in northern Alberta to defy drilling operations on its traditional lands have been ordered to vacate.
The camp — a tipi and tents flanked by rows of trucks lining the road 75 kilometres east of Peace River, Alta. — is Woodland Cree First Nation’s latest effort to oppose Obsidian Energy’s expansion plans.
DNA of additional 12 women found in apartment of racist Winnipeg serial killer that targeted Native women
Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — The trial of serial killer Jeremy Skibicki heard Thursday that police found physical evidence of the victims in his Winnipeg apartment, including jewelry, clothing, DNA and a bloodstained bathtub.
Const. Jan de Vries, who was part of the police search team, testified they found bloodstains in Skibicki’s bathroom belonging to one of the victims, Rebecca Contois.
Wet’suwet’en leader and pipeline opponents found guilty of criminal contempt of court
Judge to hear applications of abuse of process
by Jackie McKay, CBC News, Jan 12, 2024
A prominent Wet’suwet’en leader and two pipeline opponents were found guilty of criminal contempt of court for breaking an injunction against impeding work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Michael Tammen read his decision to the court in Smithers on Friday.
Read the rest of this entryTrial of prominent Wet’suwet’en leader and land defenders begins
Three accused are charged with criminal contempt over Coastal GasLink pipeline blockades
by Jackie McKay, Jan 8, 2024
The trial is underway for three people charged with criminal contempt for breaking a court order forbidding them from blocking access to the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
Sleydo’ stands trial alongside Shaylynn Sampson, a Gitxsan woman with Wet’suwet’en family ties; and Corey Jocko, a Mohawk member of the Six Nations Haudenosaunee Confederacy from Ontario.
On October 7, Gaza broke out of prison
What the images of the Gaza border fence coming down meant for Palestinians.
Palestinians break into the Israeli side of Israel-Gaza border fence after gunmen infiltrated areas of southern Israel on Oct 7, 2023. (Reuters: Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa)
by Mariam Barghouti, Al Jazeera, Oct 14, 2023
In the early morning hours of Saturday, October 7, Palestinians across the West Bank woke up to the sound of explosions.
No one really knew what was happening until reports started trickling in that fighters from Gaza had taken control of Beit Hanoun crossing – the only one through which Gaza residents may reach the rest of historic Palestine on the extremely rare occasions the occupier allows them to.
Soon information appeared on social media that the wall that Israel had erected around the Gaza Strip to keep its 2.3 million people permanently imprisoned had been breached. Read the rest of this entry
New blockade goes up at Winnipeg’s Brady Road landfill as protesters demand search for women’s remains
Poll, CBC Manitoba focus group suggest voters are split on issue of landfill search ahead of Oct. 3 election
, CBC News,
A new barricade has gone up at Winnipeg’s Brady Road landfill, as calls continue for a search for the remains of two First Nations women believed to be in another Winnipeg-area landfill.
Protesters gathered on the main entrance road to the city-owned Brady landfill, at the south end of Winnipeg, on Wednesday, setting up a row of chairs in front of a car parked in the middle of the road.
An “Every Child Matters” flag and a sign calling for a landfill search were also nearby. Read the rest of this entry
Indigenous prisoner William Ahmo said ‘I can’t breathe’ more than 20 times while restrained by guards, video shows
Court shown video of February 2021 altercation between officers and William Ahmo, who later died in hospital
, CBC News,
WARNING: This story contains disturbing video and details.
William Ahmo uttered the words “I can’t breathe” more than 20 times while officers swarmed and restrained him in a Manitoba jail, video footage of his final hours at the Headingley Correctional Centre shows. Read the rest of this entry
PDF: Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAV)
A recently published US Army manual on countering drones.
“Units should always assume the enemy is using a UAS to observe or attempt to observe them. Modern, friendly, and allied sensors—which include a host of robust long-range and short-range radars, optical devices, and audible alert systems—face challenges detecting the UAS Groups 1, 2, and 3 at sufficient ranges. Because of this, threat UASs may go undetected while operating at a standoff range. This limits friendly ability to detect them and creates smaller engagement windows.
(…) Threat UASs have limitations. Poor weather conditions can short-circuit them or prevent their sensors from collecting. High winds can prevent them from flying at all. Some commercial UAS emit electronic data that if collected can reveal its operator’s location. Weather conditions like heavy fog or cloud cover can degrade their intelligence collection capabilities.”
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