VIENNA, 1 October 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the recent attacks against members of the media during a demonstration in Germany are unacceptable.
On 28 September, two reporters with Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk and Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten respectively, were attacked by participants of a demonstration in Dresden organized by Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident (PEGIDA).
“When journalists are not able to report in a free and safe manner, media freedom and free expression are under threat,” Mijatović said.
Mijatović recalled incidents earlier this year, in Leipzig on 21 January and in Braunschweig on …read more
Source: OSCE