Alerts | Physical attack by authorities

Seven journalists attacked by police during lockdown in Andhra, stage protest after being stopped from reporting on COVID-19 related lockdown

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Seven journalists were injured when police assaulted them at a security checkpoint in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Later, journalists staged a protest demanding action against police brutality. The journalists were trying to enter a district under lockdown for reporting.

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