Bolivia - Radio reporter held arbitrarily after covering protest

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediately release of Juan Carlos Paco, a journalist with Radio Líder FM 107.1 who was arrested during a demonstration in La Paz on 22 July by protesters from the southern city of Potosí. Paco was covering the demonstration on behalf of the Federation of Potosí Press Workers when clashes broke out between police and protesters, some of whom detonated explosives. It was organized by the Potosí Civic Committee (COMCIPO) and was part of a two-week-old (...)

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