Poland - Journalists held while covering political protest

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Update – 1/12/2014 On 26 November, the judge heard evidence from the manager of the building where the demonstration took place, as well as from a security guard and a police officer. All concurred that the two journalists, Jan Pawlicki and Tomasz Gzell, were not among the occupiers of the State Electoral Commission headquarters and were merely covering the demonstration as reporters. The police officer admitted that he prevented some people from leaving the meeting room. He said he did (...)

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