France: violence against journalists during protests requires immediate sanctions and implementation of our post-mission recommendations

France: violence against journalists during protests requires immediate sanctions and implementation of our post-mission recommendations

In recent weeks, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has documented more than ten cases of violence and obstruction of press freedom targeting journalists covering student and high school protests in France. More than half of these incidents are attributable to law enforcement officers. Once again, our conclusion is unequivocal: media professionals, even when clearly identified as such, are not safe in the field. The EFJ strongly condem…