Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich was reportedly arrested in her hometown of Medicine Hat, Alberta, on June 27.
“We are awaiting further details but we currently understand it relates to her bail conditions,” lawyer Keith Wilson, who has in the past represented Freedom Convoy organizers, said on Twitter.
Lich was charged with counselling to commit mischief and obstructing police, among other charges, on Feb. 17.
She was denied bail on Feb. 22 in a decision by Ontario Court Justice Julie Bourgeois, who said that Lich’s detention was “necessary for the protection and safety of the public.”
Lich appealed the decision, and on March 7, Ontario Superior Court Justice John M. Johnston overturned Bourgeois’s decision by granting Lich bail. Johnston said Bourgeois’s ruling was too subjective in its assessment of the gravity of Lich’s offences; weighing them against the impacts on Ottawa’s residents rather than other offences in the Criminal Code….
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