• Physical attack

    TVA journalists assaulted by protesters

    TVA journalist Hadi Hassin, a TVA camera operator and two security guards were pushed repeatedly and sprayed with paint during a protest against NATO in downtown Montreal.  Videos of the incident show protesters gathered outside the Palais des congrès in Montreal. As masked protesters began smashing windows, people in the crowd began shoving the journalists. …

  • Physical attack

    TVA journalists assaulted by protesters

    TVA journalist Hadi Hassin, a TVA camera operator and two security guards were pushed repeatedly and sprayed with paint during a protest against NATO in downtown Montreal.  Videos of the incident show protesters gathered outside the Palais des congrès in Montreal. As masked protesters began smashing windows, people in the crowd began shoving the journalists. …

  • 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. 

  • 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.

  • Physical attack

    Journalist assaulted at protest in Surrey, B.C.

    Sameer Kaushal, a journalist and news director at Sher E Punjab Radio, was harassed and assaulted by protesters outside an event held by the Indian high commissioner in Surrey, B.C.  Protesters opposed to Indian government policies in Punjab had blocked the entrance to the event. Kaushal told Global News that he approached the protesters and…