US EditionMedia exclusion zone during 2023 Vancouver decampment ‘unlawful,’ report finds
The report urges police to stop media restrictions without judicial approval and recommends police training and legislative changes to protect media freedom during public safety operations.
- The British Columbia Human Rights Commissioner found Vancouver Police actions were 'unlawful' for limiting media access during a homeless encampment operation in 2023, compromising transparency.
- Kasari Govender stated that police and the city 'failed to strike the appropriate balance' between public safety and media freedom.
- The report indicated the exclusion zone 'was not in accordance with human rights standards' and lacked legal authority.
- The report includes six recommendations, urging B.C. police to stop media restrictions without judicial authorization or a credible threat to public safety.
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Police unlawfully blocked media in Vancouver decampment, human rights report finds
A new human rights report has found that Vancouver police acted unlawfully and undermined press freedom when they blocked journalists from covering the 2023 Downtown Eastside tent city eviction and called for new laws to improve media access in future operations.
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Loonie PoliticsMedia exclusion zone during 2023 Vancouver decampment ‘unlawful,’ report finds
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Human Rights Commissioner has found that the actions of Vancouver Police were "unlawful" by limiting media access as city workers broke up a homeless encampment
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Media exclusion zone during 2023 Vancouver decampment 'unlawful,' report finds – Energeticcity.ca
VANCOUVER — Police and the City of Vancouver took “unlawful” actions when restricting media access as city workers broke up a Downtown Eastside homeless encampment in 2023, but they are unwilling to accept recommended reforms that might restrict “police discretion,” British Columbia’s human rights commissioner says. Kasari Govender’s office released a report Wednesday into the exclusion of media from the area on Hastings Street, which at the tim…
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