Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

March 28, 2024

Prayer Horse Ride to Peehee Mu'huh



Photos by Melissa Robles-Dyer


Nanesootuhina Pookoo Goobakatudu


Prayer Horse Ride to Peehee Mu'huh -- Photos by Melissa Robles-Dyer

Photo by Melissa Robles-Dyer

March 26, 2024

Thacker Pass Protectors File First-Ever 'Biodiversity Necessity Defense' in Nevada Court





Thacker Pass Protectors File First-Ever 'Biodiversity Necessity Defense' in Nevada Court

While pursuing a 'Climate Necessity Defense,' and making allegations that mining company has violated their rights, their attorney said, 'They’re not criminals; they’re heroes.'

By Protect Thacker Pass, Censored News, March 26, 2024

WINNEMUCCA, Nevada — In a first for the American legal system, the lawyers for six people sued by Lithium Nevada Corporation for protesting the Thacker Pass mine are arguing a ‘biodiversity necessity defense.’

The necessity defense is a legal argument used to justify breaking the law when a greater harm is being prevented; for example, breaking a car window to save an infant locked inside on a stifling hot day, or breaking down a door to help someone screaming inside a locked home. In these cases, trespassing is justified to save a life.
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