Hooded assailants attack journalists' union and media workers in Thessaloniki
This article was first published by EFJ
Greek journalists’ union ESIEMTH and two municipal media offices attacked by intruders in Thessaloniki.
ESIEMTH office in Thessaloniki after the attack (photo: ESIEMTH)
The ECPMF joins the European and International Federation of Journalists (EFJ/IFJ) in condemning the attacks that took place in Thessaloniki, Greece on the 20th and 21st of December 2017, against the Journalists' Union of Macedonia and Thrace Daily Newspapers (ESIEMTH) as well as two municipal media.
Thursday at noon, the ESIEMTH headquarters were attacked by around ten hooded assailants. Staff were threatened and asked not to move as the intruders said that "an intervention [was] about to take place". The…
