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Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 8:38 am
UN human rights experts today expressed concerns about
charges brought against a U.S. indigenous leader and human
rights defender who will appear in court later this week in
connection with peaceful demonstrations against President
Donald Trump’s political rally at the iconic Mount
Rushmore earlier this year.
“Obviously we cannot
pre-judge the outcome of the case against Nicholas Tilsen,
but we are seriously concerned about his arrest and the
charges brought against him in connection with the exercise
of his rights as an indigenous person, particularly the
right to assembly,” the experts said. “We call on the