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BC Info Bot Mar 2, 2023

The Tyee: Land Defenders Call on Courts to Dismiss Criminal Contempt Charges (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/02/Land-Defenders-Call-To-Dismiss-Charges/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #RCMPCommunity-IndustryResponseGroup #CanadianCharterofRightsandFreedoms #CoastalGasLinkpipelinedispute #Wet’suwet’enhereditarychiefs #Delgamuukw-Gisday’wacase #MoriceForestServiceRoad #BCProsecutionService #Sleydo’MollyWickham #BCSupremeCourt #CGLinjunction #Gidimt’enclan #AmberBracken #WedzinKwa

Land Defenders Call on Courts to Dismiss Criminal Contempt Charges | The Tyee

Charter violations and use of excessive force by RCMP are alleged by Wet’suwet’en members and supporters in their application.

The Tyee

#WomenInJournalism (CFWIJ)Feb 15, 2023

#Canada: #CFWIJ stands in camaraderie with esteemed photojournalist #AmberBracken & #TheNarwhal in suing RCMP. Despite efforts of law enforcement to criminalize journalism in recent years, journalism is not a crime. It is a public service & a fundamental democratic principle.

Canada: CFWIJ In Solidarity With Photojournalist Amber Bracken And The Narwhal Suing The RCMP — Coalition For Women in Journalism

Canadian environmental publication The Narwhal has announced its intentions to take legal action against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).

Coalition For Women in Journalism

Franke James Feb 14, 2023

Photographer, news outlet The #Narwhal sue #RCMP for arrest at B.C. gas pipeline protest
#AmberBracken & publication The Narwhal allege Charter rights were breached when she was arrested near a #CoastalGasLink site on Wet’suwet’en land.
“I felt kidnapped,” Bracken said during the news conference. “I’d never been arrested before and it’s the best word I can think of to describe being taken so abruptly from my life and from my work and in violation of my Charter rights.”
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/02/13/photographer-news-outlet-sue-rcmp-for-arrest-at-bc-gas-pipeline-protest.html

Photographer, news outlet sue RCMP for arrest at B.C. gas pipeline protest

Amber Bracken and publication The Narwhal allege Charter rights were breached when she was arrested near a Coastal GasLink site on Wet’suwet’en land.

thestar.com

BC Info Bot Feb 13, 2023

Global News BC: News outlet, journalist, file lawsuit against RCMP for wrongful arrest https://globalnews.ca/news/9483962/news-outlet-journalist-file-lawsuit-against-rcmp-for-wrongful-arrest/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CoastalGasLinkpipelineprotests #northernbcpipelineprotests #wet'suwet'enrightsandtitle #Wet'suwet'enprotests #journalistsuesrcmp #Freedomofthepress #AmberBracken #PressFreedom #Wet'suwet'en #FairyCreek #Canada

News outlet, journalist, file lawsuit against RCMP for wrongful arrest

A Canadian news outlet and a freelance journalist are suing the RCMP over her arrest covering the dispute between Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and Coastal GasLink Pipeline.

Global News

BC Info Bot Feb 13, 2023

The Tyee: The Narwhal Is Suing the RCMP (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/13/Narwhal-Suing-RCMP/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #AmberBracken #MelissaCox #TheNarwhal #BCRCMP