Chief Dsta’hyl, in conversation with Amnesty Canada (English) Secretary General, Ketty Nivyabandi and France-Isabelle Langlois, Directrice générale of Amnistie internationale Canada francophone.
On July 31, Amnesty International made the unprecedented decision to designate Likhts’amisyu Clan Wing Chief Dsta’hyl of the Wet’suwet’en Nation as the first-ever Amnesty International prisoner of conscience in Canada. Our announcement took the Canadian media by storm and put a spotlight on the ordeal that Chief Dsta’hyl is enduring.
This virtual conversation will feature a conversation with Chief Dsta’hyl to learn more about the struggle of Wet’suwet’en land defenders, and to give you a chance to ask him any questions you have!
Chief Dsta’hyl, also known as Adam Gagnon, is the first of four Wet’suwet’en and other Indigenous land defenders to be sentenced after they were found guilty of criminal contempt for violating the terms of an unjust injunction order.
Join us to honour Chief Dsta’hyl and to hear from him in his own words. We hope you can make it!
The virtual conversation will take place in both English and French.