“Learning that our leaders, people who were fighting for basic rights and dignity for Indigenous people, were treated as threats is shocking.

[windspeaker@mstdn.ca]

“Learning that our leaders, people who were fighting for basic rights and dignity for Indigenous people, were treated as threats is shocking. This was targeted political surveillance rooted in racism and colonialism.”

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Full transparency and public apology required on RCMP surveillance of Indigenous leaders—MKO

In light of newly revealed RCMP intelligence files showing decades of covert surveillance targeting Indigenous leaders and organizations across Canada, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) is calling for a full accounting of the RCMP’s racist “Native extremism program” and a public apology for the intrusive policing that treated lawful political advocacy as a security threat.

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