The two UNBC graduate students imprisoned in North Dakota have been released.
Katriona Auerbach and Nicole Schafenacker were arrested and incarcerated between Thursday and Saturday while protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.
The two were sent to different institutions about 200 km apart. They’ve both contacted their families and are now trying to contact one another, however, there’s no word yet if they have connected or been given their cell phones and laptops back. They’re both now trying to find a way home.
They’re both now trying to find a way home.
Their research supervisor, Dr. Sarah de Leeuw, was given this information from Auerbach’s and Schafenacker’s families late Saturday afternoon. The information was still current as of Sunday afternoon.
de Leeuw says bringing the two students home could be difficult.
“Our sincerest hopes are that they’re able to come back into Canada but we don’t know what it means for Canadians to come back into Canada with charges pending against them in the American judicial system.”
The charges against the two will be rendered in December. There’s no word yet what the charges are.
UNBC President Daniel Weeks stands behind UNBC students’ right to exercise free speech, barring any involvement in criminal activity.
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