Angela (Rainbow Eyes) Davidson set to serve 31 days in prison
Finally after all the excuses, tactics and delays, a Fairy Creek protest organizer is going to jail. The Green Party’s deputy leader, and a prominent leader during the Fairy Creek old-growth logging protests in 2021, has lost a bid to appeal a prison sentence in the Supreme Court of Canada.
The Green Party’s deputy leader, and a prominent leader during the Fairy Creek old-growth logging protests in 2021, has lost a bid to appeal a prison sentence in the Supreme Court of Canada.
Angela Davidson, also known as Rainbow Eyes, initially received 60 days of jail time, after being convicted of seven counts of criminal contempt last year in relation to the the Fairy Creek protests.
Davidson, who hails from the Da’naxda’xw First Nation and is the deputy leader of the federal Green Party, subsequently saw that sentence reduced in the B.C. Court of Appeal — but she attempted to take that appeal one step further, to the Supreme Court of Canada.
In a short judgment on Thursday, the country’s highest court denied that request, with Davidson now set to serve 31 days in prison for the protests.