Editing Strip search (section)

=== Canada ===
As part of [[2010 G20 Toronto summit protests|policing operations for the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto]], a makeshift detention centre was setup by [[Toronto Police Service|Toronto Police]] at a disused film studio on [[Eastern Avenue (Toronto)|Eastern Avenue]]. Over the course of the event, approximately 900 protestors were detained at the facility, where they were subjected poor conditions and mistreatment by police.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Browne |first=Rachel |date=24 July 2014 |title=New footage from Toronto G20 detention centre released |url=https://macleans.ca/news/canada/new-toronto-g20-footage-from-inside-detention-centre-released/ |work=Maclean's}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Talbot |first=Michael |date=29 June 2010 |title=Personal Story: How I Ended Up In A G20 Jail |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2010/06/29/personal-story-how-i-ended-up-in-a-g20-jail/ |work=CityNews}}</ref>

While being held at the Eastern Avenue detention centre, some protesters were strip searched, with officers using cubicles described as “large plywood cells without roofs” to conduct these searches. In 2014, footage obtained by [[Vice Media|Vice]] showed that [[Closed-circuit television camera|CCTV cameras]] could see into these cubicles, leading to fears that protestors detained at the facility were filmed while strip searches were taking place. When asked by Vice, Toronto Police did not respond to questions about the matter and it’s not clear if any such footage exists.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGuire |first=Patrick |date=10 August 2014 |title=The Toronto Police Videotaped Strip Search Chambers During the G20 |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-toronto-police-videotaped-strip-search-chambers-during-the-g20/ |work=Vice}}</ref> In August 2020, the [[Toronto Police Services Board]] agreed to pay $16.5 million dollars to settle a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of around 1100 people who were arrested during the 2010 G20 protests, including some who were detained at the Eastern Avenue detention centre.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lindeman |first=Tracey |date=19 August 2020 |title=Toronto police pay $16.5m to protesters wrongfully held at 2010 G20 summit |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/18/g20-protesters-toronto-police-canada |work=The Guardian}}</ref>