by Matt Barr

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Further to this, Hit & Run's Matt Welch pointed to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for reasons unrelated to Canadian fascism. The group says of itself:

The Committee has also emerged as a major national -- and international -- resource in free speech issues, disseminating information in a variety of forms, including a quarterly legal review, a bi-weekly newsletter, a 24-hour hotline, and various handbooks on media law issues.

International! Canada is somewhat international!

Academicians, state and federal agencies, and Congress regularly call on the Committee for advice and expertise, and it has become the leading advocate for reporters' interest in cyberspace.

The leading advocate! Surely given the spate of libel lawsuits against opinion journalists and bloggers and such up there the word "Canada" appears somewhere on its home page, which includes snippets of the group's activity since April, or in recent entries on its blog?

No. There is a June 1 entry about the Bush administration refusing to cooperate with a Canadian citizen's lawsuit over his torture. Two entries from 2004 reference a U.S. army deserter's request for an asylum hearing in Canada and summary DHS powers to deport illegal immigrants crossing from Canada.

So they know where it is.

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