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Indigenous reporter fears more journalists will be targeted after arrest as police cleared Canada camp

Indigenous reporter fears more journalists will be targeted after arrest as police cleared Canada camp

Brandi Morin was charged while reporting at encampment authorities arrived at to dismantle and could face two years in jail

A journalist in Canada who was arrested and charged while reporting on a police operation to clear an encampment for unhoused Indigenous people says she fears the charges will chill further reporting of marginalized groups.

Brandi Morin, an Indigenous journalist, was arrested on 10 January while documenting police efforts to dismantle the camp in the city of Edmonton.

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