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Jailed Indigenous protesters offered release as long as they stay away from Muskrat Falls

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Majorie Flowers, Jim Learning and Eldred Davis appeared before a court Monday via video-link in St. John’s. (Submitted)

Majorie Flowers and Eldred Davis accept conditions; Jim Learning later accepts house arrest

CBC News, July 31, 2017

Three Indigenous protesters jailed over a week ago at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary in St. John’s appeared in court today before a judge.

Majorie Flowers, Jim Learning and Eldred Davis have been jailed ever since they refused to promise a judge on July 21 they would stay away from the Muskrat Falls site. Read the rest of this entry