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GroundUp calls on police to protect journalists covering anti-immigrant protests

Heads of police service urged to direct officers to protect reporters

GroundUp and the Campaign for Free Expression have written to the acting minister of police and police commissioners asking for better protection for journalists covering anti-immigrant protests. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

GroundUp and the Campaign for Free Expression have written to the acting minister of police and the national and provincial commissioners asking for better protection for journalists covering anti-immigrant protests.
They want directives to be sent to police officers on the ground by 6 November.
Failing this, they say, they will go to court.

GroundUp and the Campaign for Free Expression (CFE) have urged the heads of the police service to issue urgent directives to police officers on the ground to protect journalists covering anti-immigrant protests.
In a letter…

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