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As of press time, it’s not known if any of the demonstrators at the second camp were taken into custody by uniformed officers.

Ten protesters arrested Monday, meanwhile, at the first location, have been charged by Lennox and Addington OPP with various offences including disobeying a court order, resisting arrest and mischief of more than $5,000.

One protester was charged with obstruction of a police officer.

Those charged have been ordered to appear in court March 24.

The arrests have upset members of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Council who chided federal officials for the police operation Monday to remove protesters after Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller had met earlier with the Wyman Road protesters and pledged further dialogue.

Amnesty International Canada, meanwhile, issued an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and posted the letter on its website Tuesday.

The organization said it visited the Tyendinaga Mohawk protesters in the hours after Monday’s arrests.

Alex Neve, secretary general, wrote in the letter his organization “visited Tyendinaga today, in the aftermath of the Ontario Provincial Police’s enforcement action which has reportedly resulted in the arrest of 10 protesters. It was notable to us that all community members we spoke with described a feeling of betrayal and broken trust, particularly given the dialogue that had begun with Minister Miller on February 15th, reiterated in his assurance to Tyendinaga leadership the following day, in his letter of February 16th, that he ‘welcome[s] the invitation to talk again in the near future to continue our open and respectful dialogue.’”