India - Demonstrators turn on journalists during protests

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders deplores the threats and violence against journalists during demonstrations that the All Assam Minority Students Union (AAMSU) organized last week in several cities in the northeastern state of Assam. The media freedom organization calls on the authorities to condemn all such violence against journalists and to do whatever is necessary to prevent any recurrence. Several journalists were attacked by demonstrators while covering the protests, held on 28 August. (...)

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