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Judge Dismisses Two Water Protector Cases as Not Supported by the Evidence
Others Continue the Fight in Pennington County Court FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 18, 2022 Chava Shapiro info[at]cldc.org...
Oct 18, 2022
Vivos los llevaron, vivos los queremos: In solidarity with the #Ayotzinapa43
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 26, 2022 Contact: Nizhoni Begay communications@waterprotectorlegal.org Natali Segovia...
Sep 26, 2022
WPLC stands in solidarity with Leonard Peltier and AIMGGC’s Leonard Peltier’s Walk To Justice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2022 Contact: Nizhoni Begay communications@waterprotectorlegal.org The Water Protector Legal Collective...
Aug 31, 2022
Treaty People Gathering Activists Argue to Dismiss Charges in Hubbard County
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, August 11, 2022 Contact: Nizhoni Begay communications@waterprotectorlegal.org Claire Glenn...
Aug 11, 2022
Treaty Rights, Land and Water Pollution, and Climate at Issue in Clearwater County Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 28th, 2022 Contact Natalie Cook 651-295-3483 Treaty Rights, Land and Water Pollution, and Climate at...
Jul 28, 2022
WPLC submits Shadow Report to UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
on Alleged Human Rights Abuses by Private Security Actors at Standing Rock and the United States FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2022...
Jul 22, 2022
ANISHINAABE WATER PROTECTORS’ CASES DISMISSED ON INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY GROUNDS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6, 2022 Contact: Claire Glenn, Attorney-Fellow for the Line 3 Legal Defense Project (541) 687-9180 or...
Jul 6, 2022
WPLC Continues to Stand in Solidarity with Jessica Reznicek following 8th Circuit Decision
IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2022 Contact: communications@waterprotectorlegal.org On Monday, June 6, 2022, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals...
Jun 8, 2022
Amicus Briefs Filed in Support of Historic Dundon v. Kirchmeier 8th Circuit Appeal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 4, 2022 Contact: Rachel Lederman or Natali Segovia, Water Protector Legal Collective...
May 6, 2022
Water Protectors File Appeal in Dundon v. Kirchmeier Standing Rock Civil Rights Class Action
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2022 Contact: Rachel Lederman or Natali Segovia, Water Protector Legal Collective...
Apr 22, 2022
WPLC Wxmen Release Informative Report on Line 3
As we continue to celebrate International Women’s Month, we want to uplift our Law Fellow, Summer Blaze Aubrey (Cherokee/Blackfeet), and...
Mar 18, 2022
Honoring Civil Rights Lawyer Dennis Cunningham
Human rights attorney, Dennis Cunningham, passed away at the age of 86 in Los Angeles on March 5, 2022, from cancer. “[My obligation] is...
Mar 15, 2022
Santa Fe Obelisk Defendants’ Charges Dropped After Completing Restorative Justice-Inspired Program
WPLC Legal Director Natali Segovia, WPLC Board Member Jeffrey Haas, and WPLC Cooperating Attorneys Sandra Freeman and Larry Kronen,...
Mar 1, 2022
Dundon v. Kirchmeier Civil Rights Case Community Update
Dundon v. Kirchmeier Civil Rights Case Community Update *Note: This community update contains information about an unjust court order in...
Jan 24, 2022
Community Announcement: December 15 Verdict Delayed!
Judge Leslie Bowman will hear oral arguments to reconsider usage of the Religious Freedom of Restoration Act (RFRA) defense. PRESS...
Dec 15, 2021
#FreeJessica: National Lawyers Guild and Water Protector Legal Collective Submit Amicus Brief...
In 8th Circuit Court of Appeals In Support of Water Protector, Jessica Reznicek FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 12, 2021 #FreeJessica:...
Nov 12, 2021
WPLC Calls for Justice for Steven Donziger and Joins Appellate Team
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 30, 2021 Contact: Nizhoni Camille Begay, Water Protector Legal Collective, communications@waterprotectorl...
Sep 30, 2021
WPLC, IADL, and NLG file joint Amicus Brief Supporting the Hawaiian Kingdom’s Complaint against...
the US Requesting a Declaratory Judgment and Effective End of U.S. Occupation July 30, 2021 Contact: Natali Segovia, Staff Attorney,...
Jul 30, 2021
Honoring LaDonna Tamakawastewin Allard
April 12, 2021 “We are the river and the river is us. We have no choice but the stand up.” LaDonna Tamakawastewin Allard The Water...
Apr 12, 2021
WPLC CHALLENGES ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS/DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE’S SLAPP SUBPOENA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2021 Contact: Michelle Cook, Board Member, Water Protector Legal Collective, michellecook@email.arizona.e...
Mar 18, 2021