TORONTO – The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will be releasing its preliminary report on G20 policing on Tuesday, June 29. A press conference will be held on the lawn of Queen’s Park South, in front of the Ontario Legislative Assembly, at 10:30AM. Nathalie Des Rosiers, general counsel for CCLA, will introduce the report and present CCLA’s preliminary conclusions on police conduct during the G20 Summit.
The CCLA dispatched over 60 human rights monitors to G-20 related rallies and demonstrations throughout the week. Human rights monitors served as neutral and independent observers, recording police conduct and respect for constitutional liberties during those events. The CCLA’s preliminary report catalogues our observations of the most serious breaches of constitutional liberties during the past week and the incidents of police uses of force that appeared most troubling or unjustified.
In addition to Ms. Des Rosiers, the CCLA will also make available individuals whose liberties were directly impacted by police conduct over the past weekend. These individuals will provide a first-hand account of their experiences and be available for questions from the media. They will include Dr. Hanna Booth, whose home was subjected to a mistaken night-time raid by police, Mr. Rob Kittredge, a lawyer who was subjected to a search under the Public Works Protection Act and was detained at Queen and Spadina on Sunday evening, and a CCLA human rights monitor who was arrested and held at the detention centre for over 18 hours.
