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Scoop Coverage: Toronto G20 Protests
Scoop Coverage: Toronto G20 Protests
The G20 meeting of world leaders in Toronto this week saw an unprecedented level of police action in a nation historically known for its protection of civil liberties. Reports have begun flooding in of unlawful arrests of peaceful protesters, detainment and even beating of journalists. Meanwhile other protesters have begun smashing shopfronts and torching police vehicles. Scoop has collated some of the footage of these events below, with updates as events warrant.
Pundit.co.nz Link: G8/G20 Leaves Canada A Large Hangover
The billion dollar protection fences are coming down now world leaders have left Canada, but the country has major headaches to deal with following mass arrests, suspension of civil rights and nothing really tangible to show for the outrageous cost of the G8/G20 summits. More>>
Toronto's police chief is admitting there never was a five-metre rule that had people fearing arrest if they strayed too close to the G20 security perimeter.
Civil libertarians were fuming after hearing Friday that the Ontario cabinet gave police the power to stop and search anyone coming within five metres of the G20 fences in Toronto for a one week period. More>>
ALSO:
- blogTO.com out-link - Inside the G20 Eastern Avenue Detention Centre
- Vancouver Media Co-op Out-Link - G20 Resistance Photo Round-up
- thestar.com out-link - Joint lawsuit planned for G20 arrestees
Toronto Police Attack Peaceful Protesters and Journalists at G20 Protests from brandon jourdan on Vimeo.
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Twitter Reportage: Caught In The Storm, Penned In At Queen Street - The Globe And Mail
Lisan Jutras was on the streets of Toronto this weekend taking in the events and watching the many demonstrations. In the end, she was one of the citizens held at Queen Street West and Spadina Avenue on Sunday night, only to be released just before 10 p.m. More>>
- Media Coop Twitter Feed (outlink) - Journos Detained, Beaten, Footage Stolen
- Chicago Indymedia - Reporters Denied Entry at Toronto G20
- New York Times (outlink) - Guardian reporter beaten by police
- TV3 Video - Police arrest more than 560 at Toronto summit - G-20 protests - extended footage - World leaders gather in Toronto for G-20
Amnesty International: Toronto And The G8/G20: Peaceful Protest Suffers As the Annual General Meeting of Amnesty International Canada (English branch) concluded today in Toronto, Amnesty International members from across the country expressed their very deep concern that important rights associated with peaceful protest have suffered considerably in the city over the weekend. More>>
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