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Indy editor challenges Prime Minister on press freedom

In Twitter essay, Justin Brake responds to Justin Trudeau’s World Press Freedom Day statement.

May 4, 2017

# press freedom

Of civil disobedience, injunctions, and the public’s right to know

What happened in Labrador in October of 2016 was a social crisis, which culminated in acts of civil disobedience. How do we know? Largely because…

Jacinthe Tremblay

April 14, 2017

Press freedom a “cornerstone of a healthy democracy”

From Concerned Youth of Newfoundland and Labrador: An open letter in support of Justin Brake and the role of good journalism in a turbulent future.

TheIndependent.ca

March 23, 2017

Power and Dissent

Press Freedom and the Law 101

No consistent rulings or approach in Canadian courts to journalism and the law.

March 19, 2017

STATEMENT: Criminal charges against Justin Brake an attack on press freedom

“If journalists fear their constitutional rights will not be recognized and respected by corporations, governments or police, then they will hesitate to cover stories such…

TheIndependent.ca

March 9, 2017