Nude protests were a form of peaceful demonstration used when government refused to let Doukhobors honour their religious beliefs and when their children were taken from them and placed in a residential school.

Photo on right: Parents were only allowed to visit their children through a fence, while the RCMP patrolled the school grounds.

Peter Veregin, leader of the Doukhobors

Simma Holt’s sensationalist novel that falsely portrayed the Sons of Freedom as a highly organized crime syndicate.