Police officer assaulted and threatened journalist Brandi Morin with arrest as she reported on a raid of environmental blockade.

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge ordered the release of photojournalist Amber Bracken.

The Coalition for Women in Journalism condemns the arrest of photojournalist Amber Bracken, who was reporting on the escalating situation at Gidimt’en camp in Wet’suwet’en territory. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s (RCMP) transgressions at the protesters’ campsite reached a crescendo on Friday night with the arrest of journalist Amber along with several others. In arresting a journalist who is reporting on the issue, RCMP stand in blatant violation of the freedom of the press and the right to information. The measures taken by the Canadian authorities to obstruct reportage of the happenings at Gidimt’en camp are appalling. We are deeply concerned at the manner in which the RCMP has proceeded against journalists on the ground.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) arrested at least one media member and established an exclusion zone from where they stopped journalists from reporting.

The Canadian Association of Journalists sued the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for restricting access of the press to the Fairy Creek demonstrations. Both, the police brutality on site and the subsequent censorship has been an ongoing issue for months. In response to the lawsuit, the RCMP registered an affidavit against journalist Brandi Morin accusing her of lying about being prohibited from visiting the site despite there being video proof to the contrary.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has routinely intimidated journalists and restricted the access of the press from covering the protests of The Rainforest Flying Squad. The protest began against logging of an old-growth forest in the region last year, and have been successful in blocking the action since. This, however, has not stopped violations of civil liberties as armed forces carry out arbitrary arrests and bully journalists covering the proceedings.