Tamara Lich and Chris Barber face mischief charges related to the 2022 truck protests in Ottawa.

The trial for the leaders of the so-called Freedom Convoy protest that gridlocked Canada’s capital for weeks in 2022 began on Tuesday.

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber each face counts of mischief and obstructing police.

The two were part of a group that led a convoy of lorries to Ottawa to protest against Covid-19 measures and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government.

Experts say the outcome of the trial could reverberate beyond the courts.

  • enkers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    302·
    1 year ago

    I don’t want to detract from the severity of other forms of terrorism, but sleep deprivation can absolutely cost human lives as well, especially when it’s on the scale of a whole city section.

    • Rilichu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      1 year ago

      Definitely don’t ever underestimate how quickly lack of sleep can mess you up mentally and physically.

      Inflicting sleep deprivation on a person is widely recognized as a form of torture by human rights organizations as well as the UN.

      • Lemmington BunnieEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        Just one night of my partner disrupting my sleep with his own sleep issues, and I start to have delirious thoughts that he is a CIA torture agent.

        I can’t even begin to imagine what these poor Ottawans must have been going through at the time.