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Attacks on journalists are specifically intended to silence them, and so they also constitute violations of the right of a society to have free access to information.

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            45.       On June 24, 2003, a Superior Court of Justice dismissed a libel suit seeking $2.7 billion in damages, filed by the Toronto Police Association against Toronto Star Daily Newspapers Ltd.  The lawsuit was motivated by a series of reports published in the Toronto Star that made reference to differences in the treatment that the police gave Afro-descendants, based on police data.[1]


[1] Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE), June 24, 2003, www.cjfe.org.