Canada - Police use force to arrest news photographer at Toronto station

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns Toronto Star photographer Alex Consiglio's arrest and mistreatment while taking photos during an incident inside Toronto's Union Station on 2 June. The incident began when two employees of GO Transit, the regional public transit company, were thrown on to the track during a scuffle with a man who tried to open the doors of a train leaving the station. When Consiglio took photos of an injured employee, police told him this was not allowed and asked him to (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - jeudi 6 juin 2013