On March 9 the CRCC systemic investigation of the RCMP C-IRG reaches 24 months in a process they strive to complete in 12-18 months. For a 2-year timeline, the types of recommendations that could be made, and the demands of land defenders: pbicanada.org/2025/03/08/i... #RCMPofftheYintah #AbolishCIRG

Canada: Hearing reveals police racism and abuse of Indigenous land defenders An abuse of process hearing has started against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for violence inflicted on Indigenous land defenders opposing construction of the Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline ...

Canada: Supreme Court judge rules police conduct racist, but Indigenous land defenders’ convictions for blocking gas pipeline remain

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UN Special Rapporteur @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social is highlighting Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan land defenders prior to presenting her latest report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 6. Join us in watching her presentation on UN Web TV. More at: pbicanada.org/2025/02/22/u... #AbolishCIRG

Amnesty International says it could designate three Indigenous land defenders in Canada as prisoners of conscience should they receive a sentence that arbitrarily deprives them of their liberty. A date will be set for sentencing on April 3. pbicanada.org/2025/02/21/a... #AbolishCIRG

RCMP Violated Charter Rights During CGL Arrests, Court Finds | The Tyee Indigenous land defenders found guilty of criminal contempt may receive shorter sentences due to ‘extremely serious,’ ‘racist’ conduct.

The C-IRG unit was formed to crush any resistance to resource extraction and has conducted itself with complete and total disrespect and bigotry, even compared to the already terrible standards of the RCMP. It should 100% be disbanded.

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Thirty years after a police sniper killed Indigenous land defender Dudley George in Ontario, the deployment of RCMP C-IRG snipers on Wet'suwet'en territory in British Columbia is largely unquestioned. What needs to be done? pbicanada.org/2025/02/20/r... #AbolishCIRG #RCMPofftheYintah

This article by @amandafollett.bsky.social in @thetyee.ca reports that B.C. Supreme Court Justice Michael Tammen found that Charter rights violations by RCMP officers could signal a “systemic attitudinal issue” within the C-IRG. Read more: thetyee.ca/News/2025/02... #AbolishCIRG #RCMPofftheYintah

In an “extraordinarily rare ruling”, Judge finds Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) violated the Charter rights of three Indigenous land defenders during militarized raid on Wet'suwet'en territory: pbicanada.org/2025/02/19/c... #AbolishCIRG

[Content warning: This story contains depictions of police violence and racist language.]

This is how the @rcmpgrcpolice does #reconciliation #AbolishCIRG
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