Militia occupy wildlife refuge in US
The occupation, which began on Saturday, followed a march in Burns, a small city 80km north of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. The march protested the incarceration of ranchers Dwight Hammond Jr and his son, Steven Hammond. The two were convicted in 2012 of setting fires on public land to protect their property from wildfires.
A federal court had ordered the Hammonds to be returned to prison, after ruling their original sentences were insufficient.
