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Photojournalist physically attacked while covering COVID-19 demonstration in Spain

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A photojournalist for Spanish daily newspaper La Razón was threatened and physically attacked as he was covering a demonstration in Madrid organized by far-right party Vox against the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. As he was documenting the protest, he was attacked from behind by two people who threw his camera on the ground and roughly pushed him, tearing part of his shirt.

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