CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The RCMP responded to allegations of police misconduct raised by Fairy Creek protesters at an Aug.13 press conference and in subsequent posts to social media.
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CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
There have been more arrests and more allegations of police brutality, as protesters continue to resist RCMP enforcement of a BC Supreme Court injunction order in the Fairy Creek Watershed.
Continue reading Arrests continue at Fairy Creek, allegations of police violence surface onlineCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, with contributions by Anastasia Avvakumova.
RCMP attempts to enforce the court injunction against logging protests at Fairy Creek ramped up on Aug 9.
In a press release issued later that day, the RCMP confirmed there were 33 arrests. There were another 23 more on Tuesday, Aug. 10 and 17 on Wednesday, Aug.11. The total number of arrests since the police action began last summer, was cited in the latter press release as 597.
Continue reading RCMP overrun the Fairy Creek logging blockades, arrest dozens of protestersCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
As the RCMP continue arrests of forest defenders at the Fairy Creek blockades, legal and political questions abound following the BC Court’s decision to take over the persecution of arrestees at the request from logging corporation Teal Jones.
Continue reading The legal issues at Fairy Creek, with Tzeporah BermanAt the request of the Pacheedaht, Ditidaht and Huu-ay-aht First Nations, BC is deferring old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed and central Walbran areas.
Continue reading BC deferring old growth logging in Fairy Creek
