Wet’suwet’en Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

CPJ calls on Canadian police to release detained journalists

November 21, 2021 12:20 PM EST

Washington, D.C., November 21, 2021—The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s (RCMP) Friday arrest and detention of two journalists covering land rights protests in northern British Columbia. Photojournalist Amber Bracken, who was on assignment for the environmental news outlet the Narwhal, and independent documentary filmmaker Michael Toledano were…

CPJ calls on Canadian police to allow journalists to freely cover matters of public interest

March 16, 2020 4:33 PM EDT

CPJ writes to the commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to express concern at the treatment of journalists covering protests against the construction of a gas pipeline through Wet’suwet’en territory, and to urge that the RCMP allow them to do their job and report freely on matters of public interest.