zolamtl:Nearly a year ago, Indigenous women from Val-d’Or publicly denounced violence and police abu
zolamtl:Nearly a year ago, Indigenous women from Val-d’Or publicly denounced violence and police abuses against them on the episode of Enquête.Today, at the dawn of a year since the denunciations, it was announced that 41 police officers of the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) filed a lawsuit against Radio-Canada, for sharing content that is, in their view, defamatory. Systemic violence against Indigenous women is undeniable and leads to situations where more than 1,200 Indigenous women are gone missing and murdered in Canada in 2016.Quebec Native Women recalls the importance of continuing to provide accompaniments services to women who have denounced or want to denounce violence and abuse. The SQ’s lawsuit against Radio-Canada makes this reality even more accurate.“For QNW, these denunciations were only the tip of the iceberg. Despite the government efforts to pick up the pieces by financing projects and providing training to its officials, QNW reminds that the central issue remains the abuse and violence that still exist in the relationship between Indigenous women and the police. We therefore reiterate our position and we claim an independent investigation that would shed light on this situation.”- Viviane Michel, QNW’s President.QNW press release -- source link