Germany: ECPMF works with police and trade union to prevent attacks on journalists
by Jane Whyatt, research by Martin Hoffmann
Attacks and verbal abuse against journalists and camera crews have forced some editors to hire private security guards when covering the regular weekly marches by right-wing anti-immigration groups and antifascist counter-demonstrations. Some journalists even refuse to cover the protests, as we reported in the ECPMF Germany fact-finding mission.
Matthias Meisner, editor at Der Tagesspiel, discussed Pegida and other matters with ECPMF's Jane Whyatt and the Leipzig police chief at the annual DJV Sachsen meeting. (Photo: ECPMF)
More than thirty incidents have been reported to ECPMF through our Reporting Point and displayed on our storymap. But…
