INCIDENTS

Incidents

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.

Edmonton police arrest Ricochet journalist during encampment eviction

Edmonton police officers arrested Ricochet journalist Brandi Morin while she was reporting on the forced eviction of people, many of them Indigenous, living in an encampment in a vacant lot east of the city’s downtown. 

OPP detain and seize equipment from Guelph journalist

An OPP officer detained GuelphToday journalist Richard Vivian and seized his equipment while Vivian was reporting on a vehicle collision in Guelph, Ontario.

Canadian journalist convicted of ‘disseminating false information’ in Greece

Freelance journalist Romain Chauvet was convicted of “disseminating false information” and received a six-month suspended jail sentence in Greece, after authorities claimed he made a bomb threat at an airport. 

RCMP arrest and detain photojournalist and documentary filmmaker during pipeline protest on Wet’suwet’en territory

RCMP officers arrested and detained photojournalist Amber Bracken and documentary filmmaker Michael Toledano during a land rights protest on Wet’suwet’en territory.

RCMP arrest and detain documentary filmmaker and photojournalist during pipeline protest on Wet’suwet’en territory

RCMP officers arrested and detained documentary filmmaker Michael Toledano and photojournalist Amber Bracken during a land rights protest on Wet’suwet’en territory.

Journalist arrested during pipeline protest in Wet’suwet’en territory

RCMP officers arrested journalist and documentary filmmaker Melissa Cox, who was covering demonstrations against the Coastal GasLink pipeline through Wet’suwet’en territory in northern British Columbia on Nov. 18, 2021.

Victoria Buzz photographer arrested at Fairy Creek blockades

RCMP officers arrested photojournalist Colin Smith, who was on assignment for Victoria Buzz covering protests against old-growth logging near Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island on Aug. 10, 2021.

Photojournalist detained while covering encampment clearing in Toronto’s Alexandra Park

City of Toronto corporate security arrested Chris Young, a photojournalist on assignment for the Canadian Press, on July 20, 2021.

Photojournalist detained while covering police clearing encampments in Toronto park Trinity Bellwoods

Toronto Police detained and confiscated the equipment of photojournalist Ian Willms while he was covering the eviction of people living in an encampment in Trinity Bellwoods Park.