ALERT: Canadian police block media access during pipeline protest on Indigenous reservation

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) is concerned that Canadian police blocked press access during a January 7 protest against the construction of a gas pipeline on a Native territory. This move by the authorities exhibits a blatant disregard for the rights of journalists to cover the activity of both police and protesters.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) enforced a roadblock on January 7 near camps set up by members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation in northern British Columbia,

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