{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "path": "/2026/02/05/news/police-vancouver-media-blocked-finding",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T01:55:12.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.nationalobserver.com",
  "textContent": "A new human rights report has found that Vancouver police acted unlawfully and undermined press freedom when they blocked journalists from covering the 2023 Downtown Eastside tent city eviction and called for new laws to improve media access in future operations.",
  "title": "Police unlawfully blocked media in Vancouver decampment, human rights report finds"
}