Who is Tamara Lich? Canadian activist barred from international travel as court rejects her request

Canadian activist Tamara Lich barred from international travel. Tamara Lich, one of the best-known leaders of Canada's 2022 Freedom Convoy protests, has been barred from leaving the country after an Ontario judge rejected her request to travel internationally while serving her sentence.Lich had asked the court for permission to leave Canada for work-related reasons. The request was rejected on Wednesday, meaning she must continue to comply with the travel restrictions imposed as part of her conditional sentence.Lich became a prominent figure in Canada in early 2022 when she helped organise the so-called Freedom Convoy, a protest against Covid-19 vaccine mandates and pandemic restrictions. Truckers and other demonstrators travelled to Ottawa and occupied streets around Parliament Hill for several weeks, causing major disruption in the Canadian capital.The protests began over a vaccine mandate affecting truckers crossing the Canada-US border but grew into a broader movement against the government's Covid-19 policies and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.The federal government invoked the Emergencies Act in February 2022 to deal with the demonstrations. Police subsequently cleared the pro...