Greece - News photographers are not police auxiliaries

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Border strongly condemns the Greek police's illegal use of photos taken during the 12 February protests in Athens by photographers working for AFP, AP, Reuters, EFE and local news agencies. The police posted the photos on a government website together with an appeal for witnesses to identify those allegedly responsible for the violence, and only took them down after formal protests from the news agencies. “We are outraged by what the police did, which was not only illegal (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - lundi 20 février 2012