Craig Benjamin

Writer and researcher with commitment to human rights and reconciliation.

[Free Grassy @FreeGrassy]

New Study: #GrassyNarrows people with higher long-term mercury exposure were far more likely to die early according to an authoritative new study published in the Lancet Planetary Health scientific journal.

Toronto Star article: https://t.co/sXAUqnk9jf

#JusticeforGrassyNarrows

[MétisNationalCouncil @MNC_tweets]

Statement from the UN on the Situation of #IndigenousPeoples during the #COVID19 Crisis

[Craig Benjamin @Craig_Benjamin]

“Conceding is far from consenting” - Chief Roland Willson @dunnezaman on why BC government claims that the #SiteC dam is consistent with #UNDRIP are "hogwash"

https://t.co/UsMubg3jGr

[The Narwhal @thenarwhalca]

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has issued a triple-barrelled decision calling on Canada to immediately suspend work on #CoastalGasLink, #TransMountain and #SiteC until “free, prior and informed consent” is obtained

https://t.co/rYkqeGAD7B #bcpoli

[Craig Benjamin @Craig_Benjamin]

'Frustrating and embarrassing that the UN has to chide the government of Canada and the provincial government with respect to what the rule of law is in this country in regard to #Indigenous land rights, Indigenous #humanrights' - @UBCIC GC Stewart Phillip https://t.co/l46pw0bFmt

[Lindsay Brown @Lidsville]

BREAKING: One of BC's major dams, the Peace Canyon dam upstream of #SiteC, was compromised by fracking quakes but the info was not made public. More stories to follow - here's the initial release in CCPA's Policy Note by journalist @BenParfittCCPA. Stay tuned for more. #bcpoli

[David Pratt @PrattDaveWHP]

@JustinTrudeau @Min_IndServ @Carolyn_Bennett You promised a new relationship for FNs in Canada. Our children are our future and you’re decisions are harming that. Change the status quo do what’s right and compensate our families! Thank you @cblackst for your work!

[Amnistía Internacional Puerto Rico @AIPuertoRico]

La comunidad indígena de Grassy Narrows en Canada sufre de los devastadores efectos del envenenamiento por mercurio. Más de cincuenta años de esto la juventud de la comunidad está decidida a hacer justicia.

Firma y exige justicia a Canadá ✍️

https://t.co/4qBGwiftZ6

[Geneviève Garrigos @g_garrigos]

#10JPS @gaitelyrique venez et ✍🏼 ✖️Jose Adrian et les jeunes de Grassy Narrows ils comptent sur votre soutien 💪🏽✊🏼

[Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce]

The youth of Grassy Narrows want the river cleaned up. Their demands to #FreeGrassy from mercury poisoning have been heard in Ontario and beyond. #W4R19✍️ >>> https://t.co/9Eb9zw6Ugd #cdnpoli #UNDRIP

[Free Grassy @FreeGrassy]

"For 16-year-old Paris Meekis, her first experience with political activism took place this past June, 2019. She travelled 1700 kilometres from her home in the #GrassyNarrows Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation in Ontario, Canada, to Toronto."

https://t.co/mf6zguiCTz

[AmnestyCanada @AmnestyNow]

Write for the youth of #GrassyNarrows First Nation who are fighting for the mercury poisoning crisis in their community to be addressed→https://t.co/i6ylWkl1C3 #W4R2019 #mercuryjustice #freegrassy

[Amnesty Turku @AmnestyTurku]

Support from Finland for the youth of Grassy Narrows💪 #FreeGrassy

[Alex Neve @AlexNeve24]

And you can join the hundreds of thousands of people around the world who are writing to @JustinTrudeau as part of @AmnestyNow's #write4rights demanding #mercuryjustice & #freegrassy: https://t.co/KVLJY5yo2X

[Kathy Price @KathyMPrice]

@jairbolsonaro @AmnestyNow @AmnestyToronto @AmnestyBC @AICanadaBHR @Craig_Benjamin @AlexNeveAmnesty @aisaskfws @AmnestyOntario @karenjavorski @anistiabrasil @iAmnestyYouth Protecting #indigenous territories is vital to prevent further deforestation in #Brazil. From Canada, we urge @jairbolsonaro to change course and uphold his obligations to defend the rights of #IndigenousPeoples. #PelaAmazonia 🌳🌎

[Romeo Saganash @RomeoSaganash]

This is bold and courageous, and we need to commend the BC Legislature, your government and the BC indigenous leadership for Bill 41. We are at a critical time and juncture in our relationships and Path to Reconciliation, the next challenge is good faith implementation #UNDRIP

[Georgia Strait Alliance @GeorgiaStraitBC]

British Columbia has unanimously voted to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of #Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), and ensure that all #BC's laws are consistent with the 46 articles of #UNDRIP. #BCpoli #CDNpoli
https://t.co/Fe4XHXZDWZ

[Beverley Jacobs @bevisiting]

I am very proud of our @WindsorLaw students especially Shkawbewisag Student Law Society for organizing and participating in the Walk Out today to support the actions taken today by Indigenous Peoples of Colombia to end genocide against those protecting lands & territories!!

[Amnistía Internacional Américas @AmnistiaOnline]

#México: Lamentamos y condenamos la muerte del defensor de derechos humanos Arnulfo Cerón, localizado hoy sin vida después de 40 días desaparecido.

Exigimos justicia y #NoMásAsesinatos de personas defensoras en #México.

[APTN News @APTNNews]

Trudeau government has no plan in place to implement new Indigenous child welfare act: lawyers https://t.co/Pr6UMqM5xU

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

Jethro Anderson was found in the Kaministiquia River on Nov. 11, 2000. Six years later to the day, Paul Panacheese died in circumstances that were never fully explained. @tanyatalaga asks: How many more young Indigenous people have to die in Thunder Bay? https://t.co/5xUL1YWOoO