Papua New Guinea - Radio reporter beaten up by uniformed police officers

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the beating that National Broadcasting Company radio reporter Mark Kayok received last week from several police officers in the capital, Port Moresby, after he intervened in an attack on a friend and identified himself as journalist. “This is the second attack on a reporter by police officers since the start of the year,” Reporters Without Borders said. “On both occasions the policemen involved knew they were attacking a journalist. The recurrence of this (...)

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