The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) strongly supports the sovereign Wet’suwet’en nation in demanding an end to Canada’s militarized occupation of their lands and a complete halt to the Coastal Gaslink pipeline, as outlined in their recent submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs have unilaterally opposed the Coastal Gaslink pipeline […]
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Ramapough Nation Asks Bergen Superior Court to Withdraw from Temporary Order that Town of Mahwah Says Prohibits Use of Ramapough Land for Prayer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 06/12/17 For More Information Contact: Phone: 201-762-4851 Email: ramapoughpress@gmail.com Embargo: Tuesday, June 13th 9:00AM EDT “If This Order Prohibiting Gathering for Prayer and Free Speech is Allowed to Stand, Then Everyone’s Right to Assemble, to Speak, and to Pray is At Risk, Not Just Ramapough” – Chief Dwaine Perry MAHWAH NJ – On Tuesday, June […]
NLG Supports Ramapough Lenape Nation Resistance Against Pilgrim Pipeline at Split Rock Sweetwater Prayer Camp
Contact: King Downing, NLG Director of Mass Defense massdef@nlg.org | 212-679-5100, ext. 14 Tasha Moro, NLG Director of Communications communications@nlg.org | 212-679-5100, ext. 15 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2017 MAHWAH, NJ—The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) has joined forces with the Ramapough Lenape Nation in Mahwah, NJ, to support their efforts to hold religious ceremonies, […]
