Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns Chadian police violence against a national TV crew covering coronavirus-related restrictions on public gatherings, and calls on Chad's authorities to take all necessary measures to ensure that journalists can cover the pandemic without fear of reprisals.
Aly Mahamat Bello, a reporter for state-owned Télé Tchad, his cameraman, Abakar Mahamad Seid, and their driver were assaulted and detained by members of the Police Mobile Intervention Unit (GMIP) in the capital, N'Djamena, on 26 March while covering enforcement of measures taken by the government to combat the Covid-19 epidemic. According to a statement issued by the Union of Chadian Journalists (UJT), the journalists were interrogated for three hours at a police station before finally being released.
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