Argentina - Buenos Aires police fire on journalists, city official plays down incident

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the use of excessive violence by the Buenos Aires metropolitan police against journalists covering a demonstration by hospital employees on 26 April. The organization also deplores the city public security minister's comments about the violence and calls for appropriate disciplinary measures against all the officials who were responsible. At least 50 people including many journalists were injured when the police fired on the crowd outside José T. Borda (...)

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