Alerts | Physical attack by public
Covid-19

Journalists verbally abused and trapped after reporting quarantine breaches

25.03.2020

Date:
25.03.2020
Number of cases:
1
Regions/Countries:
Bolivia
Alert types:
Verbal, online or physical attack: Physical attack by public

A reporting crew from TV station Red Bolivisión reported being verbally harassed and blocked from leaving an indoor market by shopkeepers who they had filmed breaching quarantine rules. The journalists were only released after police arrived.

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