Argentina - Government urged to hold gendarmes to account for detaining and beating photographer

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders calls on the ministry of justice and human rights to investigate freelance photographer Brian Palacio's detention by members of the gendarmerie on 30 December in Buenos Aires, during which he was beaten and threatened. “The many abuses by the security forces during 2013 cannot continue,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The National Gendarmerie has repeatedly been criticized for its methods and must be held to account for this latest case of mistreatment. The justice (...)

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