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Title Journalists targeted by police violence, arrests
Publisher Reporters Without Borders
Country Egypt
Publication Date 28 January 2011
Cite as Reporters Without Borders, Journalists targeted by police violence, arrests, 28 January 2011, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4d4a52a9c.html [accessed 27 May 2012]
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Journalists targeted by police violence, arrests

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Reporters Without Borders roundly condemns police use violence against journalists covering Egypt's street protests. It is hard to establish exactly how many journalists have been arrested or physically attacked by police officers in the past 48 hours. According to the latest information obtained by Reporters Without Borders, more than a dozen journalists have been arrested.

Topics: Arbitrary arrest and detention, Freedom of speech, Freedom of information, Freedom of expression,


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