Tag Archives: intimidation

For years, Mehmet Tohti has been receiving threatening phone calls from China – the most disturbing of which alleged his mother and various other family members were dead. As a Uyghur activist in Ottawa, he had come to expect intimidation and harassment attempts from his former homeland. But only recently …

Public instances of threats and intimidation of women in public life have intensified in recent weeks, with significant examples of abuse targeted toward politicians — most recently, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland — as well as activists and journalists. For weeks, a group of journalists, particularly journalists of colour, have publicly shared …

One of the judges who presided over the court hearings of Freedom Convoy organizers is speaking out after receiving threats considered serious enough to require police intervention, according to information obtained by Radio-Canada and CBC. The judge in question confirmed that supporters of the convoy from Canada and the United States sent several offensive …