Riot police dislodges journalists from the main entrance of police headquarters in Managua, Nicaragua December 15, 2018.REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
BBC: Nicaraguan police 'beat' journalists protesting at office raid
Nicaraguan police are reported to have kicked and beaten several journalists who were protesting against raids on their offices.
The journalists were outside a police station in the capital Managua, complaining that raids on the offices of a news website were illegal.
Witnesses said riot police armed with batons dispersed them with force.
Nicaragua has been rocked by months of protests against President Daniel Ortega.
The anti-government protests were declared illegal by Mr Ortega in September following five months of often violent clashes in which hundreds of people were killed. He accuses protesters of planning a coup against his Sandinista party government.
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Update #1: Nicaragua police beat journalists in crackdown on free press -- Reuters
Update #2: Ortega condemned for 'rule by terror' after raids in Nicaragua -- The Guardian
WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction .... it is going to get worse.
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Animal Farm, anyone?
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