Alerts | Arrest/detention under other laws

Polish journalist arrested while covering anti-lockdown demonstration

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Pawel Rutkiewicz, a reporter for Gazeta Wyborcza in Warsaw, was arrested by police while he was covering an anti-lockdown demonstration in the city. Despite showing his press pass, he was detained and taken to a police station outside the capital before being released

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