Repression of peaceful dissent at Standing Rock

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
35th session
June 2017

[Excerpt of the declaration]

We thank the Special Rapporteur on Rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association for her report, which addresses the values, and I quote, “the values of preserving human freedom, dignity and rights, the necessity of active participation in decisions that affect one’s life and livelihood”.
In this regard, I wish to bring to your attention the violations of these rights in my country. April 1, 2016 marked an important beginning for the indigenous people of the land called “America”. The Camp of Sacred Stones was founded and the resistance at Standing Rock against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) awakened the non-indigenous world to the existence and the continued oppression of indigenous people here and all over the world and to their determined defense of our common planet.

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