Jailed protesters mistreated, lawyer says Earlier in the day on Friday, at another news conference held on the steps of the Moncton Law Courts, a lawyer representing five of the jailed protesters said their rights are being violated. Alison Menard said four men arrested on Oct. 17 are still in custody. “It’s been two to three weeks that these people have been detained, and it doesn’t seem like things are necessarily changing for the people who have been in detention,” she said. Menard contends the arrested protesters have been mistreated while in custody. “Is it normal for people to be held in segregation while waiting for their first court appearances? Is it normal for them to have access to no programs? Is it normal for them to not even have shampoo and in some cases toilet paper? Is it normal for them to be hit by somebody when they’re being handcuffed? “I don’t think any of these things are normal,” she said. ... Menard is urging citizens to write the provincial ombudsman and ask that the allegations of mistreatment be looked into, saying such actions should concern all New Brunswickers. Jason Augustine, one of the arrested protesters who has since been granted bail, says he wants ordinary citizens to know how he was treated while detained. “I was in the hole, we called it the hole, for eight days. I was denied a lot of access there. Each time I said, ‘I want to talk to my lawyer,’ they said, ‘No, you’re not allowed, it’s after hours, you can’t talk to your lawyer.’ With the rights I know, I am obligated to talk to my lawyer … the rights they were denying me of. That was uncalled for,” he said. westcoastnativenews/swn-set-to-resume-shale-gas-exploration-monday-chief-says/
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 13:44:52 +0000
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