Morocco - AFP correspondent attacked by police while covering protest

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Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders condemns an attack by police officers on Agence France-Presse correspondent Omar Brouksy as he was covering a demonstration by various groups and NGOs outside parliament in Rabat today against yesterday's "beiya," a traditional oath of loyalty to the king. Brouksy told Reporters Without Borders: "It was 6:15 pm. I was covering the protest outside parliament when policemen asked me to leave. I showed them my press card but they shouted, 'Leave, (...)

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