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Open letter: Media, professional associations, j-schools and more call on safety minister to investigate illegal arrests of journalists

Call for Canada’s public safety minister to take immediate steps to investigate and correct the RCMP’s actions and to ensure that going forward, journalists’ right to report will be protected
Recent arrests of journalists covering land disputes accelerate concerns around police attempts to define, obstruct journalism

Journalists must be present to bear witness to police actions, especially at Indigenous movements, say panelists