Alerts | Arrest/detention under other laws

Chilean journalists detained and equipment seized

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Chilean war correspondent Daniel Matamala an his Argentinian colleagues were detained at a police checkpoint in Ukraine. “Today, at one of the road checkpoints, the police seized our documents, cameras, telephones, and escorted us to the police station”, he said on social media. Matamala works for the newspaper La Tercera in that country, Chilevisión and CNN in Chile. The group were later released and their equipment was given back.

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