2024
2023
2022
4 Denials of access in 2024
2 Arrest/criminal charge in 2024
4 Physical attacks in 2024
4 Chilling statements in 2024
17 Denials of access in 2023
7 Chilling statements in 2023
3 Physical attacks in 2023
61 Online threats in 2023
12 Physical attacks in 2022
11 Denials of access in 2022
19 Intimidation/ harassment in 2022
6 Chilling statements in 2022

INCIDENTS

Physical attack

Calgary radio host attacked 

Radio host Rishi Nagar was assaulted by two people in Calgary, in an incident he believes was related to his reporting on a recent criminal incident and extortion targeting the city’s South Asian community. 

Denial of access

Montreal police threaten to arrest Pivot journalist

A Montreal police officer threatened to arrest Oona Barrett, a video journalist with Pivot, as she was covering an environmentalist demonstration on a road near the Montreal airport. 

Arrest/criminal charge

CUTV journalist arrested in Montreal

Montreal police arrested CUTV journalist Savanna Craig while she was covering a pro-Palestinian protest inside a Scotiabank in downtown Montreal.

Chilling statement

Indian government blocks access to CBC documentary

The Indian government ordered YouTube and X to remove a CBC Fifth Estate documentary on the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Physical attack

TVA camera operator spat on

A man yelled and spat at TVA journalists Catherine Bouchard and a camera operator just after they had filmed a live report in Montreal.

Physical attack

TVA journalist spat on

A man yelled and spat at TVA journalists Catherine Bouchard and a camera operator just after they had filmed a live report in Montreal.

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